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Flushed vs Palea - What's the difference?

flushed | palea |

As an adjective flushed

is red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.

As a verb flushed

is (flush).

As a noun palea is

(botany) the interior chaff or husk of grasses.

flushed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
    • Archer lay spread out, with one arm striking across the pillow. He was flushed ; and when the heavy curtain blew out a little he turned and half-opened his eyes.

    Synonyms

    * blushing * red * red-faced

    Verb

    (head)
  • (flush)

    • palea

    English

    Noun

    (paleae)
  • (botany) The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
  • (botany) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.
  • (zoology) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
    • (Webster 1913) ----