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Imbricated

//ˈɪmbɹɪkeɪtɪd// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.

    "When the leaves and small and densely imbricated, they are generally considered to belong either to lycopodiaceæ or coniferæ; but there is so little to distinguish these families in a fossil state, that there is scarcely any means of demonstrating to which of these such genera as lycopodites, lycopodendron, juniperites, taxites, &c., and the like, actually belong."

Adjective
  1. 1
    used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles wordnet

Etymology

Participle adjective, imbricate + -ed.

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