Palea vs Paleta - What's the difference?
palea | paleta |
(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)
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Caramel lollypop.
Ice lolly.
Ice lolly usually made from fresh fruit. These natural paletas may be sold along with commercial sugared ones.
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 18, author=Mark Bittman, title=Mexican Summer on a Stick, work=New York Times
, passage=Throughout Mexico, paletas are made with fresh fruit and not much sugar, pretty much the opposite of commercial sorbets and sherbets sold here. }}
As nouns the difference between palea and paleta
is that palea is (botany) the interior chaff or husk of grasses while paleta is caramel lollypop.palea
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