Definition of pileus Pileus

pi•le•us

We found 11 definitions of pileus from 5 different sources.

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What does pileus mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
pileus - a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
  cap
  plant part, plant structure any part of a plant or fungus
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • pileus (Noun)
    The cap of a mushroom.
  • pileus (Noun)
    The bell of a jellyfish.
  • pileus (Noun)
    A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud. A cap cloud .
  • pileus (Noun)
    A conical felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece.
  • pileus (Noun)
    The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • pileus (n.)
    A kind of skull cap of felt.
  • pileus (n.)
    The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.
  • pileus (n.)
    The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • pileus
    pil′ē-us, n. a Roman conical cap: (bot.) the summit of the stipe bearing the hymenium in some fungi:—pl. Pil′ei (-ī).—adjs. Pil′ēate, -d, fitted with a cap: having the form of a cap or hat; Pil′ēiform.—n. Pilē′olus, a little pileus:—pl. Pilē′oli. [L. pileatus—pileus, a cap of felt.]

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  • pileus, noun, singular of pilei.

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