Imbricated
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 1 used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles wordnet
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More examples"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."
Etymology
Participle adjective, imbricate + -ed.
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