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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Etymology
Origin of foliated
Vocabulary lists containing foliated
Earth Science - Middle School
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These crystalline changes create identifying textures, which is shown in the figure below comparing the phaneritic texture of igneous granite with the foliated texture of metamorphic gneiss.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Boxwood: English boxwood is bright green and densely foliated with rounded leaves.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2016
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
This rock is foliated, even though it might not appear to be if examined without a microscope, and so it must have formed under directed-pressure conditions.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The cornice, overburdened with ovulos, foliated arabesques, and volutes, had been badly dismantled by the infiltration of rain-water.
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