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Palea (botany)

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In a grass floret, the palea is the upper of the two enclosing bracts; the lower is the lemma.[ref]
During dissection, open the basal glumes of the spikelet, then separate each floret's lemma and palea. This follows two different levels of the inflorescence.

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