foliaceous

[foh-lee-ey-shuhs]

adjective

1. of, like, or of the nature of a plant leaf; leaflike.

2. bearing leaves or leaflike parts.

3. pertaining to or consisting of leaves.

4. consisting of leaflike plates or laminae; foliated.

foliaceous

/ ˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs /

adjective

1. having the appearance of the leaf of a plant

2. bearing leaves or leaflike structures

3. geology (of certain rocks, esp schists) consisting of thin layers; foliated

Other Word Forms

• foliaceousness noun
• superfoliaceous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of foliaceous¹

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin foliāceus “leafy, like a leaf”; folium, -aceous

Word History and Origins

Origin of foliaceous¹

C17: from Latin foliāceus

Example Sentences

Stems 1° high; glabrous or nearly so; heads ½´ high, rather few, racemose or spicate; outer scales lax, foliaceous; rays purple; leaves linear, entire.—Mo. to Tex., thence to Car. and Ga. § 2.

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Involucre.—Of several series of imbricated scales, the outer foliaceous and loose.

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Mr. Haeckel has shown that "in the first epoch, algæ and skull-less vertebrates were found together; in the second, ferns and fishes; in the third, pines and reptiles; in the fourth, foliaceous forests and mammals."

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On the whole, the botanist of the expedition found on the island, 11 Phanerogamia, 4 Lichens, 33 Alg�, 2 ferns, 2 Liverworts, 3 foliaceous mosses, 1 Lycopodium.

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Body flattened, the two dorsal borders prominent and foliaceous.

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