Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IM'BRI-CATE, or IM'BRI-CA-TED, a. [L. imbricatus, imbrico, from imbrex, a tile.]

1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile. Johnson.
2. In botany, lying over each other, like tiles on a roof; parallel, with a straight surface, and lying one over the other; as leaves in the bud. Lee. Martyn.