paleaceous

== English == === Etymology === From Latin palea (“chaff”) +‎ -aceous. === Adjective === paleaceous (comparative more paleaceous, superlative most paleaceous) (archaic, botany) chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleae, or chaff a paleaceous receptacle ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “paleaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.