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Definition of Imbricate
1. Adjective. Used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles.
2. Verb. Place so as to overlap. "Imbricate the roof tiles"
3. Verb. Overlap. "The roof tiles imbricate"
Definition of Imbricate
1. a. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
2. v. t. To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
Definition of Imbricate
1. Adjective. having regular overlapping edges; intertwined. In botany and zoology referring to patterns of overlapping plates or leaves, such as the bud scales of some dormant buds. (Compare convolute) ¹
2. Verb. to overlap in a regular pattern ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imbricate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Medical Definition of Imbricate
1. Of perianth parts, having the edges overlapping in the bud. Compare: valvate. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbricate
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