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Definition of imbricate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

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

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

verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To overlap in a regular pattern.
  2. To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).

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