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galeate

galeate adjective: of or relating to a galea.

Adjective

galeate (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a galea.
  2. 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 of galeate

alternative formgaleated

Origin of galeate

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

Questions about galeate

What does galeate mean?
Galeate means of or relating to a galea.
What part of speech is galeate?
Galeate is an adjective.

Words near galeate in the dictionary

  1. galeas
  2. galeases
  3. galeaspid
  4. galeaspidin
  5. galeaspids
  6. galeate
  7. galeated
  8. Galeazzi fracture
  9. Galeazzi fractures
  10. galectin
  11. galectins

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