Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in æstivation.
In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
(of leaves) when the top of the lower leaf overlaps the bottom of the upper leaf.
Overlapping as the shingles of a roof
Said of scales which overlap like shingles; the opposite of valvate in which the scales meet along a line without overlapping.
A term applied to buds with more than 2 scales which overlap one another. Contrast to valvate.
Leaves overlapping like tiles of a roof Dakpanwijs aanliggend
Overlapping, as do shingles on a roof.
Overlapping, as in the shingles of a house.
of perianth parts, having the edges overlapping in the bud. cf. valvate.
place so as to overlap; "imbricate the roof tiles"
overlap; "The roof tiles imbricate"
used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
overlapping, like tiles do.
Operative overlapping of layers of tissue; a tightening procedure
overlapping like the shingles on a roof; either vertically or spirally where the lower piece covers the base of the next higher, or laterally where at least one piece must be wholly external and one internal.
overlapping, like the scales of a snake.
a. (L. imbricare, to tile) having parts overlapping each other like roof tiles.
Seed form Overlapping in regular order, as the scales on a snake.
Overlapping, like the shingles of a roof. ( 17)
overlapping, referring to scales
overlapping; i.e. imbricate buds are covered by overlapping scales
with parts that overlap each other, such as scales.