IM'BRICATE IM'BRICATED, adjective [Latin imbricatus, imbrico, from imbrex, a tile.] 1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile. 2. In botany, lying over each other, like tiles on roof; parallel, with a strait surface, and lying one over the other; as leaves in the bud.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI