foliar

[foh-lee-er]

adjective

of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.

Origin of foliar

From the New Latin word foliāris, dating back to 1870–75. See folium, -ar¹

Related formssub·fo·li·ar, adjective

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Examples from the Web for foliar

Historical Examples of foliar

Phyllome, foliar parts, those answering to leaves in their nature.
The Elements of Botany
Asa Gray
Such behavior suggests that these plants were originally furnished with cylindrical stems and foliar leaves.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898
Various
For other illustrations of increased leaf-formation, see Multiplication of foliar organs.
Vegetable Teratology
Maxwell T. Masters
On turning from foliar expansions, to stems and roots, facts of like meaning meet us.
Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I
Herbert Spencer
No special secretion has been observed to be exuded in the foliar chambers of Lathraea.
The Romance of Plant Life
G. F. Scott Elliot

British Dictionary definitions for foliar

foliar

adjective

of or relating to a leaf or leaves

Word Origin for foliar

C19: from French foliaire, from Latin folium leaf

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