plicate
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of plicate
1690–1700; < Latin plicātus, past participle of plicāre to fold, ply 2; see -ate 1
Example Sentences
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He has a great eye for detail, but he also has a touch of the epiphenomenal imbroglios: "we listened to the muffled crepitations coming from inside"; eyebrows "plicate" foreheads.
From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2012
The inescapable laws of biology soon com plicate Belinda's problem.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stipe short, erect, yellow to orange, brownish toward the base, longitudinally plicate, rising from a small hypothallus.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
P. plicate, brownish; g. adnato-decurrent, white; s. elongated, straight, velvety, blackish brown, stuffed, rooting. cauticinalis, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. ovate then campan. plicate, subsquamulose or scurfy, disc umber and becoming depr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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