palea — meaning in English

English meaning

• chaff noun The dry, papery husks separated from grain during threshing.
• straw noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.

Senses

palea is used for these senses in English:

• chaff The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
• straw (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.

chaff — full definition

1. noun The dry, papery husks separated from grain during threshing.
2. noun Something considered worthless or unwanted, especially compared with something valuable ("separating the wheat from the chaff").
3. verb To tease or make good-natured fun of someone.

straw — full definition

1. noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.
2. noun A thin tube used for sucking up a drink.
3. noun Something considered practically worthless, as in the phrase "not worth a straw."

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