pileus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pileus	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pileus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pileus n a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom Synonym(s): cap, pileus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pileus \Pi"le*us\, n.; pl. {Pilei}. [L., a felt cap.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A kind of skull cap of felt. 2. (Bot.) The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See {Mushroom}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.