Galeate

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to a galea. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Helmet-shaped. not-comparable

    "[…]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."

Example

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"[…]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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin galeātus (“helmeted”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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