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galea

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

galea(n = noun.plant) - an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum;

galea, n. [L., a helmet.].

The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower. [1913 Webster]
A kind of bandage for the head. [1913 Webster]
Headache extending all over the head. [1913 Webster]
A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell. [1913 Webster]
The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects. [1913 Webster]

galea, n. (pl. galeae or -as) Bot. & Zool. a structure like a helmet in shape, form, or function.

Derivative

galeate adj. galeated adj.

Etymology

L, = helmet

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