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Webster 1828 Edition


Plicate

PLI'CATE


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plicate

plicate

English

A plicate palm frond.

Adjective

plicate (comparative more plicate, superlative most plicate)

  1. (biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.

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Verb

plicate (third-person singular simple present plicates, present participle plicating, simple past and past participle plicated)

  1. (chiefly biology) To fold or pleat (usually used in passive).

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Latin

Participle

plicāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of plicātus