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Webster 1913 Edition
Plica
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1.
(Med.)
A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also
Polish plait
. Dunglison.
2.
(Bot.)
A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
3.
(Zool.)
The bend of the wing of a bird.
Webster 1828 Edition
Plica
PLI'CA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
plica
plica
See also: Plica
English
Noun
plica (plural plicas or plicae)
- A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
- Polish plait, plica polonica, or plica neuropatica; a disease of the hair in which it becomes twisted and matted together.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
- (botany) A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.
- (zoology) The bend of the wing of a bird.
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin plica, a derivative of plicō (“I fold”).
Noun
plica f (plural pliche)
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Latin
Verb
plicā
- second-person singular present active imperative of plicō
References
- PLICA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)