foliaceous

American  

[foh-lee-ey-shuhs] / ˌfoʊ liˈeɪ ʃəs /

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.

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foliaceous British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• foliaceousness noun
• superfoliaceous adjective

Etymology

Origin of foliaceous

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

Example Sentences

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.

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Involucre.—Broadly campanulate, of numerous erect, loose, foliaceous, ciliate scales, in several rows.

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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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Head broad, surrounded by a funnel-shaped velum or hood; no radula; dorsal appendages foliaceous.

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