Plica

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·v The bend of the wing of a bird.

II. Plica ·v A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches.

III. Plica ·v 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.