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Galea

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Noun

1. galea

an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Galea

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noun plural -leae (-lɪˌiː)
a part or organ shaped like a helmet or hood, such as the petals of certain flowers

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Galea

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nounWord forms: plural ˈgaleˌae (ˈgeɪliˌi ; gāˈlēēˌ)
Biology
a helmet-shaped part, esp. of a corolla or calyx

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Galea

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n. pl. ga·le·ae (-lē-ē′)
A helmet-shaped part, such as the upper petal of certain plants or part of the maxilla of an insect.

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