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
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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
Metamorphic rocks that form under either low-pressure conditions or just confining pressure do not become 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
Streaks of “granulitic” or pulverized material wind irregularly through the rock, giving it a roughly foliated character.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
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