galeateadj.
/ˈɡalɪeɪt/ Natural History.
= galeated adj. 1, 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > helmet-shaped
galeated1687
galeate1706
cassideous1835
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Cucullate Flowers Such as resemble the Figure of a Helmet, or Monk's Hood; being otherwise termed Galeate and Galericulate Flowers.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) III. 26 The upper lobe some~what resembles the galeate maxilla just named; but consists of two joints.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 227 In the Monkshood..the superior sepal is prolonged upwards into a sort of hood or helmet-shaped process, in which case it is said to be hooded, helmet-shaped, or galeate.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §5. 247 Galeate is a term applied to a corolla the upper petal or part of which is arched into the shape of a casque or helmet, called the Galea: as in Aconite and Lamium.
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adj.1706