1. folded like a fan; having parallel folds or ridges
Usage: technical; biology

Examples

• The plicate leaves of the palm tree create distinctive parallel ridges.
• Geologists studied the plicate rock formations in the mountain range.
• The insect’s plicate wings folded neatly against its body.
• Plicate structures are common in certain types of sedimentary rocks.
• The botanist noted the plicate venation pattern in the specimen.