ˈplicately, adv.
[f. plicate a. + -ly2.]
In a plicate manner; in or with folds.
| 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 708 Suberect plicately aggregated laminæ. 1881 Bentham in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XVIII. 339 Leaves usually larger, more coriaceous, or plicately ribbed than in the other subtribes. |