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Imbricate

Scales that overlap like shingles; the opposite of valvate in which the scales meet along a line without overlapping.

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With overlapping parts, such as scales.

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Of perianth parts, having the edges overlapping in the bud. Cf. Valvate.

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covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

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Overlapping, either vertically or spirally, where the lower piece covers the base of the next higher, or laterally, as in the aestivation of a calyx or corolla, where at least one ...

imbricate
Language; Dictionaries

Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.

imbricative
Language; Dictionaries

Imbricate. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.

bark
Plants; Horticulture

The rough outer part of the cortex; loosely used for the entire cortex.

articulate
Plants; Horticulture

Having nodes or joints where separation may naturally occur.

annular
Plants; Horticulture

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Plants; Horticulture

On the front side, away from the axis, toward the subtending bract.

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Plants; Horticulture

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