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Palea vs Palsa - What's the difference?

palea | palsa |

As nouns the difference between palea and palsa

is that palea is the interior chaff or husk of grasses while palsa is a mound similar to a pingo but much smaller.

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.
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    palsa

    English

    (wikipedia palsa)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geomorphology) A mound similar to a pingo but much smaller.

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