a. Bot. and Zool. [ad. late L. cucullātus, f. cucullus hood: see -ATE2 2.] Hooded; shaped like a hood or cowl.

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1794.  Martyn, Rousseau’s Bot., xxvi. 407. The nectary or horn is cucul[l]ate or cowl-shaped.

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1845.  Lindley, Sch. Bot., v. (1858), 53. Petals distinct, cucullate, or convolute.

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  Hence Cucullately adv.

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1846.  Dana, Zooph. (1848), 413. Fronds cucullately infolded with one another at base.

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