pileus

English

Borrowed from Latin pīleus, a form of pilleus (“a felt cap”).

pileus (plural pilei)

(mycology) The cap of a mushroom.
Meronym: hymenium
- 1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VII, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.‎, 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt:
  The stem is easily separable from the pileus at its junction, in this respect being similar to Amanita, Amanitopsis, Lepiota and others.
- 1994, Barry H. Rumack, David G. Spoerke, Handbook of Mushroom Poisoning: Diagnosis and Treatment, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 75:
  One must check the size and shape of the pileus as well as its color. Many weird and unexpected shapes are found in the mushroom kingdom.
The bell of a jellyfish.
(meteorology) A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.
Synonyms: cap cloud, scarf cloud

Hypernym: accessory cloud
- 2011, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, The Cloud Collector's Handbook, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
  The most short-lived of all the accessory clouds, pileus is also the most beautiful.
(historical, Ancient Rome) A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.
Coordinate term: Phrygian cap
- 1859, William Smith, editor, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 920:
  Among the Romans the cap of felt was the emblem of liberty. When a slave obtained his freedom he had his head shaved, and wore instead of his hair an undyed pileus.
The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
Synonym: crown

the cap of a mushroom

small cloud

felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece

pīleus m (genitive pīleī); second declension

Second-declension noun.

(pill-) pīlĕus (pill-) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,181/1.

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