cucullate
[kyoo-kuh-layt, kyoo-kuhl-ayt]
/ ˈkju kəˌleɪt, kjuˈkʌl eɪt /
ADJECTIVE
hooded
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Distortions of leaves are very common, and are sometimes teratological—i.e. due to no known cause—e.g. the pitcher-like or hood-like cucullate leaves of the Lime, Cabbage, Pelargonium, etc., and of fused pairs in Crassula.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
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