pileate

[ pahy-lee-it, -eyt, pil-ee- ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.

1. having a pileus.

pileate

/ ˈpɪl-; ˈpɪl-; ˈpaɪlɪɪt; ˈpaɪlɪˌeɪtɪd; -ˌeɪt /

adjective

1. (of birds) having a crest
2. botany having a pileus

Word History and Origins

Origin of pileate¹

First recorded in 1820–30, pileate is from the Latin word pīleātus capped. See pileus, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pileate¹

C18: from Latin pīleātus wearing a felt cap, from pileus

Example Sentences

The previous record holder was a specimen of Rigidoporus ulmarius, a polypore with a pileate fruiting body found in Kew Gardens in the UK in 2003.

From BBC

Receptacle pileate or clavate, impervious in the centre, stipitate, covered with hymenium, which is deeply folded and pitted.—Cooke.

From Project Gutenberg

Terrestrial.Phalloide�.—Hymenium deliquescent and slimy; receptacle pileate; volva universal.

From Project Gutenberg

Sporangia gregarious, pale gray, discoid or pileate, depressed, stipitate; the peridium dark-colored, frosted with calcareous crystals above, naked below; stipe short, slender, tapering upward, furrowed, arising from a hypothallus more or less distinct, black; columella obsolete; capillitium of delicate threads, pale or colorless, little branched; spores violaceous, pale, nearly smooth, 6–8 �.

From Project Gutenberg

Agaricini.—There is such a close affinity between all the genera of this group that it will be a manifest advantage to take together all those fleshy pileate fungi, the fruit of which is borne on folded plates or gills.

From Project Gutenberg