Definitions for plicate

plicate pli·cate

Spelling: [adjective plahy-keyt, -kit; verb plahy-keyt]
IPA: /adjective ˈplaɪ keɪt, -kɪt; verb ˈplaɪ keɪt/

Plicate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in plicate (aceilpt).

Definitions for plicate

adjective

  1. Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.

verb (used with object)

  1. Surgery. to perform plication on.

Origin of plicate

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

Examples for plicate

Pileoli innumerable, inflexed and appressed, plicate, brown.

Stipe very short, plicate, red-brown, arising from a small hypothallus.

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

The margin of the cap, especially in old plants, is somewhat wavy or plicate as in Lactarius fuliginosus.

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

The plant is recognized by the pale yellow color of the caps and the plicate striate character of the margin.

Word Value for plicate
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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