单词 | imbricating |
释义 | imbricatingadj. Overlapping like tiles. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] > arranged in overlapping layers imbricated1753 imbricate1796 imbricating1830 shingled1884 interlapping1889 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 229 Flowers not..surrounded by imbricating bracteæ. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 156 C[hiton Squamosus]... Shell composed of 8 transverse imbricating plates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1830 |
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