CUCULLATED

Etymology

Adjective

cucullated (comparative more cucullated, superlative most cucullated)

Having a hood or cowl; hooded.

(zoology, botany) Having a hood-like covering or component; hood-shaped.

(botany) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.

Source: Wiktionary

Cu"cul*late (k"kl-lt or k-kl"lt), Cu"cul*la`ted (-l`td or -l-td), a. Etym: [LL. cullatus, fr. L. cucullus a cap, hood. See Cowl a hood.]

1. Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects. (b) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition