cucullated meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

cucullated

adj

/ˈkjuːkəleɪtɪd/

Etymology From Latin cucullatus, from cucullus (“hood”).

Having a hood or cowl; hooded.

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences, Zoology Having a hood-like covering or component; hood-shaped.

They are differently cucullated or capuched upon the head and back, and in the Cicada the eyes are more prominent1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio Society, published 2007, page 429:

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.