cucullate

American  

[kyoo-kuh-leyt, kyoo-kuhl-eyt] / ˈkyu kəˌleɪt, kyuˈkʌl eɪt /

Also cucullated

adjective

1. resembling a cowl or hood.

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cucullate British  

/ ˈkjuːkəˌleɪt, -lɪt /

adjective

1. shaped like a hood or having a hoodlike part

   cucullate sepals

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Other Word Forms

• cucullately adverb

Etymology

Origin of cucullate

First recorded in 1785–95; from Late Latin cucullātus “having a hood,” equivalent to Latin cucull(us) “a covering, hood” + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Distortions of leaves are very common, and are sometimes teratological—i.e. due to no known cause—e.g. the pitcher-like or hood-like cucullate leaves of the Lime, Cabbage, Pelargonium, etc., and of fused pairs in Crassula.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

P. up to 1 cm. cucullate then exp. umbil. striate, orange yellow then pale; g. deeply decur. pale; s. 3-4 cm. very slender, weak, pale orange; sp. 4-5 � 2. var.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George