'Galea' definitions:
Definition of 'galea'
(from WordNet)
noun
An organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum
Definition of 'Galea'
From: GCIDE
- Galea \Ga"le*a\, n. [L., a helmet.]
- 1. (Bot.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Surg.) A kind of bandage for the head. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Pathol.) Headache extending all over the head. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Zool.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects. [1913 Webster]