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English
Etymology
From Latin galeatus, past participle of galeare (“helmet”).
Adjective
galeate (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a galea.
- (botany) Helmet-shaped.
1992, Rudolf M Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:[…] it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface.
Latin
Adjective
galeāte
- vocative masculine singular of galeātus