galeate en · ADJ
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin galeātus (“helmeted”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to a galea.
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(not-comparable) Helmet-shaped.
[…]it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| galeated | alternative | lexicographic |