Glossary: imbricate

Definition:

  1. overlapping like tiles;
  2. in a flower bud when one sepal or petal is wholly internal and one wholly external and the others overlapping at the edge only.

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The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Glossary details: imbricate.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/glossary-display.php?glossary_id=363, retrieved 1 July 2025

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