plecolepidous, a. Bot.
(plɛkəʊˈlɛpɪdəs)
[f. Gr. πλέκος wickerwork, πλέκ-ειν to plait, twist + λέπις, λεπιδ- scale + -ous.]
Of Composite plants: Having the bracts of the involucre coherent.
| 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Plecolepidus,..applied by H. Cassini to the periclinium of the Synanthereæ when the scales are intergrafted or grown together at the base: plecolepidous. 1890 in Cent. Dict. |