galea

[ gey-lee-uh ]

/ ˈgeɪ li ə /

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noun, plural ga·le·ae

[gey-lee-ee]. /ˈgeɪ liˌi/.

Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.

Anatomy. any of several helmet-shaped structures.

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Origin of galea

1700–10; <Latin: helmet

Words nearby galea

galbanum, Galbraith, Galbraith, John Kenneth, Galcha, gale, galea, galeate, galeiform, Galen, galena, galenic

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How to use galea in a sentence

Corolla with the upper lip (galea) little longer and usually much narrower than the inflated 1–3-saccate lower one.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
It is the Dolium galea, good friends, and we could tell you six other kinds that are suspected of this meanness.
Punchinello, Vol. II., No. 34, November 19, 1870|Various
Cephalis not distinctly separated from the galea, as the ring in the uppermost part of the shell-wall becomes obliterated.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel
Galea hemispherical, with a short conical horn, about as large as the roundish cephalis and half as large as the ovate thorax.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel

Two anterior (or pectoral) tubes arise from the two frontal corners of the galea basis, and diverge forwards to right and left.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for galea

galea

/ (ˈɡeɪlɪə) /

noun plural -leae (-lɪˌiː)

a part or organ shaped like a helmet or hood, such as the petals of certain flowers

Derived forms of galea

galeate or galeated, adjectivegaleiform, adjective

Word Origin for galea

C18: from Latin: helmet

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