Paleaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paleaceous \Pa`le*a"ceous\, a. [L. palea chaff.] (Bot.)
     Chaffy; resembling or consisting of pale[ae], or chaff;
     furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.
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