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What is the adjective for plicate?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb plicate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

plicate
  1. (biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “However, as Neuman and Bates stated, a close relationship with the Huenellidae seems unlikely, as the representatives of this family possess typical wide-hinged, strongly plicate shells.”
plicated
  1. Alternative form of plicate
  2. Examples:
    1. “The levator muscles should never be plicated, unless an obliterative procedure is being per-formed, because of the impact on sexual function.”
plicating
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