Found 2 items, similar to pileus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pileus
pileus
n : a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the
top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom [syn:
cap]
[also:
pilei (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pileus
Pileus
\Pi"le*us\, n.; pl.
Pilei. [L., a felt cap.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of skull cap of felt.
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2. (Bot.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi.
See
Mushroom.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to
the nape.
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