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GALEA (galeae)
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Irregular inflected form: galeae
Dictionary entry overview: What does galea mean?
• GALEA (noun)
The noun GALEA has 1 sense:
1. an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum
Familiarity information: GALEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("galea" is a kind of...):
plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)
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