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imbricate

/adjective im-bri-kit, -keyt; verb im-bri-keyt/US // adjective ˈɪm brɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt; verb ˈɪm brɪˌkeɪt //

覆膜,覆瓦状,覆合,覆瓦状的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
    • : of, relating to, or resembling overlapping tiles, as decoration or drawings.
    • : Biology. overlapping like tiles, as scales or leaves.
    • : characterized by or as if by overlapping shingles.
  1. 1

    im·bri·cat·ed, im·bri·cat·ing.

    • : to overlap, as tiles or shingles.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The first and oldest of these varieties is generally called Scale or Imbricate armour.

  • Sepals and petals colored alike, in three or more rows of three, imbricate.

  • Sepals and petals imbricate, each in two rows of three (rarely in twos or fours).

  • Sporocarps sessile beneath the stem; small, floating, pinnately branched, with minute imbricate leaves.

  • Antheridia 3–20, in the axils of small saccate leaves, which are scarcely imbricate or crowded into terminal heads.

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