cap, pileus
(noun) a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pileus (plural pilei)
(mycology) The cap of a mushroom.
Meronym: hymenium
The bell of a jellyfish.
(meteorology) A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.
Synonyms: cap cloud, scarf cloud
Hypernym: accessory cloud
(historical, Ancient Rome) A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.
Coordinate term: Phrygian cap
The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
Synonym: crown
• epulis
Source: Wiktionary
Pi"le*us, n.; pl. Pilei. Etym: [L., a felt cap.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: A kind of skull cap of felt.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: The expanded upper portion of many of the fungi. See Mushroom.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
