Canadian English Meaning of imbricated
overlapping
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Definitions and Meaning of imbricated in English
imbricated (s)
used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
imbricated (a.)
Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
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.
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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overlapping
used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shinglesBent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile., Lying over each other in regular
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imbricate => imbricate, imbreed => Inbreeding, imbrangle => entangle, imbraid => braid, imbracery => embracery,
