Thesaurus / imbricate
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synonyms for imbricate
See also synonyms for: imbricated
- flap
- overhang
- overlay
- overlie
- overrun
- project
- protrude
- ride
- shingle
- extend along
- fold over
- go beyond
- lap over
- run over
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How to use imbricate in a sentence
The first and oldest of these varieties is generally called Scale or Imbricate armour.
ARMOUR & WEAPONSCHARLES JOHN FFOULKESSepals and petals colored alike, in three or more rows of three, imbricate.
THE MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESASA GRAYSepals and petals imbricate, each in two rows of three (rarely in twos or fours).
THE MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESASA GRAYSporocarps sessile beneath the stem; small, floating, pinnately branched, with minute imbricate leaves.
THE MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESASA GRAYAntheridia 3–20, in the axils of small saccate leaves, which are scarcely imbricate or crowded into terminal heads.
THE MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESASA GRAYImbricate: arranged or appearing like the scales on a fish or the shingles on a roof.
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN ENTOMOLOGYJOHN. B. SMITHDiagram of a flower of Linden, showing the calyx valvate and corolla imbricate in the bud, etc.
THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANYASA GRAYThe imbricate and the convolute modes sometimes vary one into the other, especially in the corolla.
THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANYASA GRAYSpikelets are narrowly lanceolate, closely appressed and imbricate, 1/6 inch long excluding the awn and very variable.
A HANDBOOK OF SOME SOUTH INDIAN GRASSESRAI BAHADUR K. RANGA ACHARIYARScales smooth, ovate, imbricate, those of the belly 6-sided.
JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA, VOL. 2 (OF 2)GEORGE GREYWORDS RELATED TO IMBRICATE
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