galeate

American

[gey-lee-eyt] / ˈgeɪ liˌeɪt /

Also galeated

adjective

having a galea.
being in the shape of a helmet; helmet-shaped.

Etymology

Origin of galeate

1700–10; < Latin galeātus covered with a helmet, equivalent to gale ( a ) helmet + -ātus -ate ¹

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galeate

Upper lip of corolla not galeate or concave.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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