"Imbricative" is a word in ENGLISH

The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which …

Alt. of Imbricated

To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.

Lying over each other in regular order, so as to \"break joints,\" like tiles or shingles on a roof, the …

Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.

In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; …

An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration …

A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Myosurus), in which the prolonged receptacle is covered with imbricating achenes, and so resembles the …

Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.

Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with …

A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin.

Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the …

A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.

A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, …