foliaceous
Americanadjective
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of, like, or of the nature of a plant leaf; leaflike.
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bearing leaves or leaflike parts.
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pertaining to or consisting of leaves.
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consisting of leaflike plates or laminae; foliated.
adjective
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having the appearance of the leaf of a plant
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bearing leaves or leaflike structures
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geology (of certain rocks, esp schists) consisting of thin layers; foliated
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of foliaceous
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin foliāceus “leafy, like a leaf”; see folium, -aceous
Example Sentences
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Pappus simple, coarse and rigid, the stronger bristles somewhat clavate; scales rigid, more or less foliaceous, nearly equal.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Liliaceæ, 517 Perianth of 3 foliaceous and green sepals and 3 colored withering-persistent petals.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Involucre.—Of several series of imbricated scales, the outer foliaceous and loose.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Involucre of about 10 outer loose foliaceous scales, more or less dilated and coriaceous at base, and several firm-coriaceous, oval or obovate, concave inner ones with short abrupt green tips.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Inner involucral scales obovate, outer smaller and more foliaceous.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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