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foliaceous en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin foliaceus, from folium (“a leaf”).

Meanings

1. Resembling a leaf or leaves.
   • The bitter principle contained in the root, wood and bark was discovered by Blunse who named it samaderin; it is a white, crystalline, foliaceous substance, more soluble in water than in alcohol, fusible. 1901, T. H. Pardo de Tavera, The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines:
   • I have one specimen, in which the primary crystals are siliceous, the secondary thin foliaceous crystals of deep red but transparent iron-ore, forming elegant figures, that have the form of roses. 1795, James Hutton, Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4):
2. Bearing leaves.

Forms

Deriveds

intrafoliaceous · suprafoliaceous · extrafoliaceous · interfoliaceous · foliaceousness

Synonyms

leafy · foliate · leaflike · leafy · foliate · leaved