Usually means: Folded into narrow, regular ridges.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. plicate: Merriam-Webster
  2. plicate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plicate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. plicate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. plicate: Vocabulary.com
  6. plicate: Wordnik
  7. plicate: Wiktionary
  8. plicate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. plicate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. plicate: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. plicate: Dictionary.com
  12. Plicate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Plicate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. plicate: Rhymezone
  15. Plicate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. plicate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. plicate: FreeDictionary.org
  18. plicate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. plicate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -plicate: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. plicate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Plicate: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. plicate: Medical dictionary

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  4. Plicate: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  5. plicate: Natural History Terms

Definitions from Wiktionary (plicate)

adjective:  (biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
verb:  (chiefly biology) To fold or pleat (usually used in passive).

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