הֶילְקֵטm., (לקט, v. אִלְקָטִית; cmp. b. h. יַלְקוּט) [receptacle, store,]
1) the ciborium (seed vessel) of the Egyptian colocasia (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Colocasia; v. קוּלְקָס).—Pl. הֶילְקְטִין, הֶלְ׳. Tosef. Maasr. III, 14; Y. ib. V, end, 52ᵃ whose stalks are few, והֶלְקְטֵיהֶן מרובין and ciboria numerous.
—2) stack of grain, pile of fruits in the field.—Pl. as ab. Naz. 8ᵇ כמנין הֶילְקְטֵי קיץ (as many days a Nazir) as the number of piles during the fig crop.—[