View synonyms for plicate

plicate

[ adjective plahy-keyt, -kit; verb plahy-keyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, pli·cat·ed, pli·cat·ing.

plicate

/ ˈplaɪkeɪt /

having or arranged in parallel folds or ridges; pleated
plicate rock strata
a plicate leaf

Origin of plicate¹

1690–1700; < Latin plicātus, past participle of plicāre to fold, ply ²; -ate ¹

Origin of plicate¹

C18: from Latin plicātus folded, from plicāre to fold

Stipe very short, plicate, red-brown, arising from a small hypothallus.

The peridium is round, often slightly depressed above, plicate below, where it is abruptly contracted into a long stem-like base.

The third glume is broadly ovate-oblong, subacute, 1-nerved, paleate; the palea is plicate in the median line.

The margin of the cap, especially in old plants, is somewhat wavy or plicate as in Lactarius fuliginosus.

The plant is recognized by the pale yellow color of the caps and the plicate striate character of the margin.

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