Definitions of pileus [ˈpaɪ liˌaɪ, ˈpɪl iˌaɪ]

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Definition of 'pileus'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) pileus
the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.

2. pileus
the umbrella or bell of a jellyfish.

3. pileus
a felt skullcap worn by the ancient Romans and Greeks.

Etymology: (1750–60; < NL; L pīleus felt cap; akin to Gk pîlos felt, felt cap)

Definition of 'pileus'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cap, pileus
a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

Definition of 'pileus'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) pileus
a kind of skull cap of felt

2. (noun) pileus
the expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom

3. (noun) pileus
the top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape

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