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View synonyms for plicate

plicate

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

adjective

  1. Also plicat·ed. folded like a fan; pleated.


verb (used with object)

, pli·cat·ed, pli·cat·ing.
  1. Surgery. to perform plication on.

plicate

/ ˈplaɪkeɪt /

adjective

  1. having or arranged in parallel folds or ridges; pleated

    plicate rock strata

    a plicate leaf

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈplicately, adverb
  • ˈplicateness, noun
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Other Words From

  • plicate·ly adverb
  • plicate·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plicate1

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

Origin of plicate1

C18: from Latin plicātus folded, from plicāre to fold
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Example Sentences

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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