Definitions for pileus

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pileus pi·le·us

Spelling: [pahy-lee-uh s, pil-ee-]

IPA: /ˈpaɪ li əs, ˈpɪl i-/

Pileus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in pileus (eilpsu).

Definitions for pileus

noun

1. Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
2. Zoology. the umbrella or bell of a jellyfish. pileum.
3. Also called cap cloud, scarf cloud. Meteorology. a small, thin cloud just above or attached to a growing cumulus cloud.
4. a felt skullcap worn by the ancient Romans and Greeks.

Origin of pileus

1750-60; New Latin, special use of Latin pīleus skullcap; akin to Greek pîlos felt, felt cap

Examples for pileus

The stem is cartilaginous and continuous with the pileus, but of a different texture.

The stem is of the same color as the pileus, punctato-squamulose.

The stem is stout, two to four inches long, hairy like the pileus.

The pileus is fleshy, convex, then expanded, and at length depressed.

The pileus is six to ten lines broad and the stem is about one inch long.

When the former, it is of the same consistency as the pileus.

Circinatus means to make round, referring to the shape of the pileus.

The pileus is one to two inches broad and the stem is one to two and a half long.

The pileus is one to three inches broad; grows in dense tufts.

The stem is short and apparently the same color as the pileus.