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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
imbricate en · ADJ
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).
Meanings
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(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.
1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VII, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc., 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt:
imbricate en · VERB
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).
Meanings
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(intransitive, transitive) To overlap in a regular pattern.
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To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.
Forms
Deriveds
imbricately · nonimbricate · subimbricate · nonimbricating
Relateds
imbrication
Translations (6)
pt imbricar (overlap in a regular pattern) · es imbricar (overlap in a regular pattern) · bg нареждам със застъпване (overlap in a regular pattern) · fr imbriquer (overlap in a regular pattern) · is skara (overlap in a regular pattern) · ca imbricar (overlap in a regular pattern)