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Definition of pileate - 2 dictionary results

pi⋅le⋅ate

  [pahy-lee-it, -eyt, pil-ee-]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
having a pileus.
Origin:
1820–30; < L pīleātus capped. See pileus, -ate 1
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pi·le·at·ed   (pī'lē-ā'tĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Botany Having a pileus.

  2. Having a crest covering the pileum. Used of a bird.


[From Latin pīleātus, wearing a pileus, from pīleus, felt cap.]
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