galea

[ gey-lee-uh ]

noun

, plural ga·le·ae [gey, -lee-ee].

1. Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
2. Anatomy. any of several helmet-shaped structures.

galea

/ ˈɡeɪlɪə /

noun

1. a part or organ shaped like a helmet or hood, such as the petals of certain flowers

Derived Forms

• ˈgaleiˌform, adjective
• ˈgaleˌate, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of galea¹

1700–10; < Latin: helmet

Word History and Origins

Origin of galea¹

C18: from Latin: helmet

Example Sentences

Corolla with the upper lip (galea) little longer and usually much narrower than the inflated 1–3-saccate lower one.

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It is the Dolium galea, good friends, and we could tell you six other kinds that are suspected of this meanness.

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Cephalis not distinctly separated from the galea, as the ring in the uppermost part of the shell-wall becomes obliterated.

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Galea hemispherical, with a short conical horn, about as large as the roundish cephalis and half as large as the ovate thorax.

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Two anterior (or pectoral) tubes arise from the two frontal corners of the galea basis, and diverge forwards to right and left.

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