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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
imbricated
    adj 1: used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or
           layered as scales or shingles [syn: imbricate,
           imbricated]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Imbricate \Im"bri*cate\, Imbricated \Im"bri*ca`ted\, a. [L.
   imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form
   like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter
   tile, fr. imber rain.]
   1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. 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 [ae]stivation.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the
      other, or a representation of such scales; as, an
      imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
imbricated \imbricated\ adj. (Botany)
   overlapping or layered as scales or shingles; -- used
   especially of leaves or bracts.

   Syn: imbricate.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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