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What does overlying mean?

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Adjective
  1. lying over or upon something else
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A microvillous tegument was appreciated overlying a thin layer of smooth muscle and a single row of stromal cells.
Likewise, the uppermost ledgy interval grades into the more distinct ledges of the overlying Wah Wah Limestone.
Amygdaloidal cavities are located immediately below the uppermost scoriaceous part of the second flow, near its contact with the overlying flow.
Finally, mangrove vegetation recolonized the area and the overlying soil developed.
There were ipsilateral matted axillary lymph nodes, and the overlying skin showed peau d' orange.
The overlying thrombus had eroded and perforated the posterior mitral valve leaflet.

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