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Imbricate

adjective
1.
Used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles.  Synonym: imbricated.






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"Imbricate" Quotes from Famous Books



... surmounted from the halting place is covered with a Camellia or Bunfullup, (i.e. bitter tea) of the Assamese. The fruit has loculicidal dehiscence. In habit it is like that of the tea, but the buds are covered with imbricate scales. At the summit of the hill, it attained a height of 30 or 40 feet. Begoniacea, Urticaceae, Acanthaceae, Filices, are ...
— Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The - Neighbouring Countries • William Griffith



Words linked to "Imbricate" :   imbrication, set, rough, position, overlap, pose, unsmooth, lay, botany, phytology, place, put



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