imbricate
adjective
overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
imbricately
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a word derived from
imbricate.
Example Sentences
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Petals numerous, in many rows, the innermost gradually passing into stamens, imbricately inserted all over the ovary.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Stems simple or imbricately branching, thickened at the apex; leaves ovate, bifid, with a narrow scarious margin.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
