ĕlăte Copy link Outline I. a sort of firtree, Lat. abies, Plin. ...II. The envelope or leaf of the palm-bud ... • ĕlăte, ēs, f., = ἐλάτη, I. a sort of firtree, Lat. abies, Plin. 12, 28, 62, § 134; 23, 5, 53, § 99.— II. The envelope or leaf of the palm-bud, Vulg. Cant. 5, 11.