Cryptic crossword clue
Bracteoles, colourless, bordering drainage channel 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PALEAE

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What does PALEAE mean?

PALEAE noun
  1. The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
  2. One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.
  3. A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

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