'Pileus' definitions:
Definition of '
pileus
'
From:
WordNet
noun
A fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom [syn:
cap
, pileus]
Definition of '
Pileus
'
From:
GCIDE
Pileus \Pi"le*us\, n.; pl.
Pilei
. [L., a felt cap.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of skull cap of felt. [1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See
Mushroom
. [1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape. [1913 Webster]
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