galeate, a. Nat. Hist.
(ˈgælɪeɪt)
[ad. L. galeātus, f. galea helmet.]
= galeated 1 and 2.
| a. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Cucullate Flowers are such as resemble the Figure of a Helmet, or Monk's Hood; being otherwise termed Galeate and Galericulate Flowers. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) III. 26 The upper lobe some⁓what resembles the galeate maxilla just named; but consists of two joints. 1861 Bentley Bot. 227 In the Monkshood, the superior sepal is prolonged upwards into a sort of hood or helmet-shaped process, in which case it is said to be hooded, helmet-shaped, or galeate. 1880 Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §5. 247 Galeate is a term applied to a corolla the upper petal or part of which is arched into the shape of a casque or helmet, called the Galea: as in Aconite and Lamium. |