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cucullate

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cu⋅cul⋅late

  [kyoo-kuh-leyt, kyoo-kuhl-eyt]
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–adjective
resembling a cowl or hood.
Also, cu⋅cul⋅lat⋅ed  [kyoo-kuh-ley-tid, kyoo-kuhl-ey-] .

Origin:
1785–95; < LL cucullātus having a hood, equiv. to L cucull(us) a covering, hood + -ātus -ate 1
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cu·cul·late   (kyōō'kə-lāt', kyōō-kŭl'āt')   
adj.   Botany
Having the shape of a cowl or hood; hooded: cucullate sepals.

[Medieval Latin cucullātus, from Latin cucullus, hood.]
cu'cul·late'ly adv.
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