Definition of "paleate" []

• In botany, bearing paleæ or chaff; paleaceous: said chiefly or wholly of the receptacle in a capitulum or head.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The fourth glume is as long as the third and the second, oblong or ovate, coriaceous, narrowed into a straight terminal awn, paleate and bisexual; palea is oblong, coriaceous and 2-nerved."
• "The fourth glume is very slender, hyaline, linear, paleate with three stamens or empty."
• "The _third glume_ is oblong lanceolate, obtuse, 5-nerved, a little shorter than the second glume, paleate and with stamens; _palea_ is short."