Definition of "imbricated" [imbricated]

• Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined. (adjective)

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• "The caps are usually clustered and imbricated, that is, they overlap."
• "The hawks-bill turtle, which gains that name from its narrow, sharp, and curved beak, like that of a hawk, is also called the imbricated turtle, because its scales overlap each other at their extremities, as tiles are placed on the roofs of houses."
• "I walked to a fragrant climbing rose, Madame Alfred Carriere in spectacular bloom, the snowy imbricated petals almost glowing in the predawn shadows."