- 1. n. The interior chaff or husk of grasses. Source: opted
- 2. n. One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc. Source: opted
- 3. n. A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap. Source: opted
- 4. 1. (Bot.) (a) The interior chaff or husk of grasses. (b) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc. 2. (Zoöl.) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap. Source: webster
- 5. A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as inthe turkey; a dewlap. Source: adambom
- 6. n. The interior chaff or husk of grasses. n. One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc. n. A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap. Source: ecdict
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