Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Plicate \Pli"cate\, Plicated \Pli"ca*ted\, a. [L. plicatus, p.
   p. of plicare to fold.]
   Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf. --
   {Pli"cate*ly}, adv.