HELMET

n. Hel'meat. A.-S., helm. Gr., itdpvs. Lat.. galea. Fr., casque, heaume. Ger., Helm. It., elmo. Sp., yelmo. In botany, a hood-shaped upper sepal, as in Aconitum. [B, 1. 123 (a, 21).] H.-pod. The Jefferson i a diphylla. [o, 35.] II.-shaped. Ger., helm for mig. See GALEIFORM. [s. 304]