pile to wert (piltou"er)

Same as pile2, 2. piletus (pi-lē'tus), n.; pl. pileti (-ti). [ML., pileum (pil'ē-um), n.; pl. pilea (-a). [NL., pileus (pil'e-us), n.; pl. pilei (-1). [L. pileus, also pileum, also pilleus, pilleum, a cap or le hat of felt, made to fit close, a felt skullcap, = Gr. πίλος, felt, a felt cap or hat, felt cloth, etc.] 1. Among the ancient Romans, a conical cap or hat of felt; a cap or skullcap.-2. In bot., the expanded cap-like or um brella-like summit of the stipe, pe, bearing the hymenium, in hymenomycetous fungi: same as cap1, 2 (a). See cuts under Agaric us and Fungi.-3. In ornith., same as pileum.-4. [ cap.] [NL.] A genus of echinoderms.