a. Bot. and Zool. [ad. late L. cucullātus, f. cucullus hood: see -ATE2 2.] Hooded; shaped like a hood or cowl.
1794. Martyn, Rousseaus Bot., xxvi. 407. The nectary or horn is cucul[l]ate or cowl-shaped.
1845. Lindley, Sch. Bot., v. (1858), 53. Petals distinct, cucullate, or convolute.
Hence Cucullately adv.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 413. Fronds cucullately infolded with one another at base.