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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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Glossary details: imbricate.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/glossary-display.php?glossary_id=363, retrieved 29 March 2024

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