foliose

Also fo·li·ous

[foh-lee-ohs]

adjective

1. Botany.,  leafy.

2. Botany, Mycology.,  having a leaflike thallus loosely attached to a surface, as certain lichens.

foliose

/ -ˌəʊz, ˈfəʊlɪˌəʊs /

adjective

1. another word for foliaceous foliaceous

Word History and Origins

Origin of foliose¹

From the Latin word foliōsus, dating back to 1720–30. See folium, -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of foliose¹

C18: from Latin foliōsus full of leaves

Example Sentences

The edges of foliose lichen rise up from the surfaces they grow on like the margins of curling paper.

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Jungermanniaceae Acrogynae.—The plant consists of leafy shoots, the origin of which can be understood in the light of the foliose forms described above.

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The thallus is plainly foliose with the margins of the lobes usually ascending and is gray-green to brown in color.

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The leaves and stem of the foliose forms effect the same division of labour in another way.

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In the Acrogynous Jungermanniaceae the plant is throughout foliose, and the archegonia occupy the ends of the main shoot or of its branches.

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