plicate

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plicate (PLAY-keyt) - adj., folded lengthwise like a fan, pleated. v., to pleat.


Or like a palm frond -- which example is not chosen at random, as biology is the most common domain for this. Taken in the 1760s from Latin plicātus, past participle of plicāre, to fold.

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