plicated, ppl. a.
(ˈplaɪkeɪtɪd, plɪˈkeɪtɪd)
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
1. Anat., Bot., Geol. Folded, plicate.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf, Plicated leaf, one from the base of which there run [ribs] which extend themselves to the extreme sides, and..raise and..depress the disk..in an alternate order, making acute angles. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 304/2 The..marsupium..is a plicated vascular membrane. 1882 Geikie Text Bk. Geol. iv. viii. §3. 584 A highly plicated and crumpled condition. |
† 2. Complicated. Obs. rare.
| 1666 J. H. Treat. Gt. Antidote 9 The more Disease is plicated, the longer is required. |
3. Medieval Mus. (See plicate v. 2.)