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[ adjective plahy-keyt, -kit; verb plahy-keyt ]

/ adjective ˈplaɪ keɪt, -kɪt; verb ˈplaɪ keɪt /

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adjective

Also pli·cat·ed. folded like a fan; pleated.

verb (used with object), pli·cat·ed, pli·cat·ing.

Surgery. to perform plication on.

Origin of plicate

1690–1700; < Latin plicātus, past participle of plicāre to fold, ply²; see -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM plicate

pli·cate·ly, adverb pli·cate·ness, noun

Words nearby plicate

plf., pli, pliable, pliant, plica, plicate, plication, plicotomy, plier, pliers, plight

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The peridium is round, often slightly depressed above, plicate below, where it is abruptly contracted into a long stem-like base.

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise |M. E. Hard
Pileoli innumerable, inflexed and appressed, plicate, brown.

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise |M. E. Hard
The margin of the cap, especially in old plants, is somewhat wavy or plicate as in Lactarius fuliginosus.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. |George Francis Atkinson
The plant is recognized by the pale yellow color of the caps and the plicate striate character of the margin.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. |George Francis Atkinson

The third glume is broadly ovate-oblong, subacute, 1-nerved, paleate; the palea is plicate in the median line.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses |Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

British Dictionary definitions for plicate

plicate

plicated

/ (ˈplaɪkeɪt) /

adjective

having or arranged in parallel folds or ridges; pleated a plicate leaf; plicate rock strata

Derived forms of plicate

plicately, adverb plicateness, noun

Word Origin for plicate

C18: from Latin plicātus folded, from plicāre to fold

Medical definitions for plicate

plicate

[ plī′kāt′ ]

adj.

Arranged in folds like those of a fan; pleated.

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adjective

verb (used with object), pli·cat·ed, pli·cat·ing.

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plicated

adjective

Derived forms of plicate

Word Origin for plicate

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adj.

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plicate

adjective

verb (used with object), pli·cat·ed, pli·cat·ing.

Origin of plicate

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plicated

adjective

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adj.

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