瓦かわら状じょう

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

imbricate; overlapping like roof tiles

Technical term used in botany, zoology, and architecture to describe scales, leaves, feathers, or shingles arranged in an overlapping pattern like roof tiles.

• この植しょく物ぶつの葉はは瓦かわら状じょうに重かさなっている。

  The leaves of this plant overlap in an imbricate pattern.

• 瓦かわら状じょうの鱗うろこが爬は虫ちゅう類るいの体からだを覆おおっている。

  Imbricate scales cover the reptile's body.