imbricated

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imbricated

  • /ˈɪmbɹɪkeɪtɪd/

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Participle adjective, imbricate + -ed.

adjective more imbricated · most imbricated

  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, lycopo

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@misc{imbricated_2026,
  title = {imbricated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/imbricated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}