Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗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. · A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches. · The bend of the wing of a bird.
From Medieval Latin, from Latin plicare (“to fold”).
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- Derivation mentionplicola
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