1.nounA decorative design made by cutting pieces of material and applying them to the surface of another for decoration.
2.verbTo decorate something in this way
3.adjectiveOf a red blood cell infected by the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum, assuming a form in which the early trophozoite of Plasmodium falciparum parasitises the marginal portion of the red blood cell, appearing as if the parasite has been “applied”.