plicate
About 0.03 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
- verb To fold or pleat .
Similar words
accordion folded pharynx plicated complicated pleated polyfold folded up polyplicate pleaty
Often followed by
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