Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PLICATE, PLICATED
a.[L. plicatus, plico, to fold. ] Plaited; folded like a fan; as a plicate leaf.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PLICATE; PLICATED
Pli "cate, Pli "ca *ted, a. Etym: [L. plicatus, p. p. of plicare to fold. ]
Defn: Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf. -- Pli "cate *ly, adv.
New American Oxford Dictionary
plicate
pli cate |ˈplīkāt, -kit ˈplaɪˌkeɪt | ▶adjective Biology & Geology folded, crumpled, or corrugated. DERIVATIVES pli cat ed adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin plicatus ‘folded, ’ past participle of plicare.
Oxford Dictionary
plicate
plicate |ˈplʌɪkət, ˈplʌɪkeɪt | ▶adjective Biology & Geology folded, crumpled, or corrugated. DERIVATIVES plicated |plɪˈkeɪtɪd |adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin plicatus ‘folded ’, past participle of plicare.
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