la pálea

Las espiguillas tienen glumas consistentes (la externa, o la lema, es aristata, la interna, o la palea, es membranosa), que encierran una, muy rara vez dos, granos triturados lateralmente, una fractura de semivitrea.
The spikelets have consistent glumes (the outer one, or lemma, is aristata, the internal one, or palea, is membranous), which enclose one, very rarely two, laterally crushed kernels, a semivitrea fracture.
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