Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of imbricated (“overlapping”).
The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner.
1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VII, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc., 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt
present singular third person imbricates · participle present imbricating · participle past imbricated · past imbricated
- intransitivetransitiveTo overlap in a regular pattern.
- human sciencesTo undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveused especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinimbricātus
- Latinimbricātus
- Englishimbricate
Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian нареждам със застъпване
- нареждам със застъпване (nareždam săs zastăpvane)overlap in a regular pattern
Catalan imbricar
- imbricaroverlap in a regular pattern
French imbriquer
- imbriqueroverlap in a regular pattern
Icelandic skara
- skaraoverlap in a regular pattern
Portuguese imbricar
- imbricaroverlap in a regular pattern
Spanish imbricar
- imbricaroverlap in a regular pattern
Cite this entry
imbricate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbricate
“imbricate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbricate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imbricate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imbricate.
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