pileum
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pileum
1870–75; < New Latin, special use of Latin pīleum, variant of pīleus skullcap
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In old females from Java the pileum and cheeks are dark mouse-gray, blackish on the forehead, the black streaks narrow, almost obsolete and noticeable on the crown and occiput only.
From Notes on Philippine Birds Collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo?logy at Harvard College, Vol. LXV. No. 4. by Bangs, Outram
Former “It” plants like the pilea peperomioides, with its coin-shaped leaves, and the fiddle leaf fig, a fixture of home design catalogs, have been bumped out of vogue.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
With easy-to-root cuttings, this pilea is now spreading among friends in other developed nations faster than jars of sourdough starter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2018
I was tickled to see the scaly-looking leaves of the alligator pilea interspersed with the floppy elephant ears.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2014
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