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plicature|ˈplɪkətjʊə(r)|
[ad. L. plicātūra a folding, f. plicāre to fold.]
Folding, mode of folding; a fold; = plication.
1578Banister Hist. Man vii. 96 Into this plicature..are immitted two Arteries named Carotides. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. i. 10 They unfold the plicatures of truth's garment, but they cannot behold the lovely face of it. 1671Phil. Trans. VI. 3038 Leaves, intended for the said Trunk, and foulded up in the same plicature, wherein, upon the Bean's sprouting, they do appear. 1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 271 The Pia Mater..investing the brain, in all its convolutions or plicatures. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 18 Divisions have been founded upon the nature of the plicature of the cotyledons. |