The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cucullate \Cu"cul*late\ (k?"k?l-l?t or k?-k?l"l?t), Cucullated \Cu"cul*la`ted\ (-l?`t?d or -l?-t?d), a. [LL. cullatus, fr. L. cucullus a cap, hood. See Cowl a hood.]
Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood.
--Sir T. Browne.(Bot.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.
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(Zo["o]l.)
Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.
Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
a. 1 Having a hood or cowl; hooded. 2 (context zoology botany English) Having a hood-like covering or component; hood-shaped. 3 (context botany English) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.