English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of imbricated

imbricated

/ इम्ब्रीकेट; एक दूसरे के ऊपर ‍चढ़े हुए जैसे मछलियों के ऊपर की पपड़ियाँ होती है; कोरछादित;

English Dictionary:

1. Imbricated

[a.]

- Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
- Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation.
- In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.