pileate
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of birds) having a crest
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botany having a pileus
Etymology
Origin of pileate
First recorded in 1820–30, pileate is from the Latin word pīleātus capped. See pileus, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The previous record holder was a specimen of Rigidoporus ulmarius, a polypore with a pileate fruiting body found in Kew Gardens in the UK in 2003.
From BBC
Receptacle pileate or clavate, impervious in the centre, stipitate, covered with hymenium, which is deeply folded and pitted.—Cooke.
From Project Gutenberg
Terrestrial.Phalloide�.—Hymenium deliquescent and slimy; receptacle pileate; volva universal.
From Project Gutenberg
Sporangia gregarious, pale gray, discoid or pileate, depressed, stipitate; the peridium dark-colored, frosted with calcareous crystals above, naked below; stipe short, slender, tapering upward, furrowed, arising from a hypothallus more or less distinct, black; columella obsolete; capillitium of delicate threads, pale or colorless, little branched; spores violaceous, pale, nearly smooth, 6–8 �.
From Project Gutenberg
The Discomycetes are of two kinds, the pileate and the cup-shaped.
From Project Gutenberg
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