imbricate
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Imbricate or Imbricated, in which the outer parts cover or overlap the inner so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof; whence the name.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Imbricate: arranged or appearing like the scales on a fish or the shingles on a roof.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Imbricate, overlapping like the shingles on a roof.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis
Imbricate, Imbricated, Imbricative, overlapping one another, like tiles or shingles on a roof, as the bud-scales of Horse-chestnut and Hickory, 27.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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