foliated
Americanadjective
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shaped like a leaf or leaves.
foliated ornaments.
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Petrology, Mineralogy. Also consisting of thin and separable laminae.
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Architecture. foliate.
adjective
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architect ornamented with or made up of foliage or foils
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(of rocks and minerals, esp schists) composed of thin easily separable layers
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(esp of parts of animals or plants) resembling a leaf
Other Word Forms
- unfoliated adjective
Etymology
Origin of foliated
Vocabulary lists containing foliated
Earth Science - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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Boxwood: English boxwood is bright green and densely foliated with rounded leaves.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2016
As this happens typically at convergent plate boundaries, directed pressures can be strong, and regionally altered rocks are almost always foliated.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The rock that forms in this way is known as greenstone if it isn’t foliated, or greenschist if it is.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Even if formed during regional metamorphism, quartzite does not tend to be foliated because quartz crystals don’t align with the directional pressure.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The piers are large, and consist of clustered shafts, lozenge-shaped in plan, set on much moulded bases, and having beautifully carved foliated capitals from which spring architrave mouldings of great variety.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.
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