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galea
[ gey-lee-uh ]
noun
, plural ga·le·ae [gey, -lee-ee].
- Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
- Anatomy. any of several helmet-shaped structures.
galea
/ ˈɡeɪlɪə /
noun
- a part or organ shaped like a helmet or hood, such as the petals of certain flowers
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Derived Forms
- ˈgaleiˌform, adjective
- ˈgaleˌate, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galea1
1700–10; < Latin: helmet
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galea1
C18: from Latin: helmet
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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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