| Definition of 'imbricated' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) imbricate, imbricated
used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
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| Definition of 'imbricated' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) imbricated
bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile
2. (adj) imbricated
lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation
3. (adj) imbricated
in decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern
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