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PLICATE

\plɪkˈe͡ɪt], \plɪkˈe‍ɪt], \p_l_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_t]\

Definitions of PLICATE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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arranged in parallel folds; "plicate leaves"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

arranged in parallel folds; "plicate leaves"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Alt. of Plicated

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Alt. of Plicated

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Folded, plaited, tucked.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Folded.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Plaited, folded like a fan; in bot., regularly disposed, asin the vernation of some leaves.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Folded like a fan, as a leaf; folded or ridged.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Plaited or folded.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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