Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having or covered by a velum or veil.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Veiled; specifically, in zoology and hot., having a velum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Having a veil; veiled.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Having a veil; veiled.

Etymologies

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Latin velatus, past participle of velare to veil. See veil.

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