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Imbricate

adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of imbricated (“overlapping”). alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner."

Adjective
  1. 1
    used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To overlap in a regular pattern. intransitive, transitive
  2. 2
    overlap wordnet
  3. 3
    To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.
  4. 4
    place so as to overlap wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).

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