plica
noun
Meaning
- 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.
- A neume, in the form of a tail at the end of a ligature, indicating an additional note.
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