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Foliaceous adj.

(Bot.) Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike.

(Min.) Consisting of leaves or thin laminae; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar.

(Zool.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral.

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Etymology of 'Foliaceous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Foliaceous" Quotes from Famous Books

... arranged, in a continuous, foliaceous, subcircular frond; reticulated with oval spaces, not as wide as the interspaces. Ovicells ...

— Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade • John MacGillivray

Words linked to "Foliaceous" : bedded, foliaged, foliated, stratified, leafy, foliose, foliate, folium, leaf