imbricatedadj.
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1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Imbricated is used by Mr. Tournefort, and some other Botanists, to express the Figure of the Leaves of some Plants, which are hollowed in, like an Imbrex, or Gutter-Tile.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Imbricated, is used by some Botanists to express the Figure of the Leaves of some Plants, which are hollow like an Imbrex, or Gutter Tile.
2. Composed of parts (leaves, scales, or the like) which overlap like tiles. Also, covered by overlapping leaves, scales, etc.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Imbricated shell,..any species of shell-fish, whose shells are elevated into transverse ridges, lying over one another at the base, in the manner of the tiles on a house-top.
1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. I. Biberg Oeconomy Nature in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 65 On this earth the imbricated liverworts find a bed to strike their roots in.
1858 A. Geikie Story of Boulder iv. 46 Imbricated like the cone of the Scotch fir.
1882 Garden 1 Apr. 212/3 Another beautiful variety, having large and finely imbricated flowers.
3. Of leaves, scales, etc.: Arranged so as to overlap each other, after the manner of roof-tiles.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] > arranged in overlapping layers
imbricated1753
imbricate1796
imbricating1830
shingled1884
interlapping1889
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] > arranged in overlapping layers > comprised of overlapping layers
loricated1623
imbricate1656
imbricated1753
scaled1776
imbricative1855
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Imbricated leaf,..leaves placed over one another in the manner of the tiles of a house, or like the scales of fishes.
1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 101 Pecten with about thirty echinated imbricated rays.
1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 20 Glumes, imbricated on every side.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. i. 70 The Common Wood-louse... The body is oval..composed of a number of imbricated rings.
4. Resembling in pattern a surface of overlapping tiles: = imbricate adj. 3.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > scales
imbricated1875
imbricate1890
1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica iii. 32 Sometimes ornamented..with chequered, ‘chevroné’ or imbricated patterns.
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