foliated

American  

[foh-lee-ey-tid] / ˈfoʊ liˌeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. shaped like a leaf or leaves.

   foliated ornaments.

2. Petrology, Mineralogy. Also consisting of thin and separable laminae.

3. Architecture. foliate.

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foliated British  

/ ˈfəʊlɪˌeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. architect ornamented with or made up of foliage or foils

2. (of rocks and minerals, esp schists) composed of thin easily separable layers

3. (esp of parts of animals or plants) resembling a leaf

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Other Word Forms

• unfoliated adjective

Etymology

Origin of foliated

First recorded in 1640–50; foliate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Many of the plants that are sold for indoor growing are native to rain forests or other densely foliated regions where they get very little light and experience almost no seasonal temperature changes.

From The Wall Street Journal

By the end of summer, the camellia was fully foliated.

From Washington Post

The first is Bazille’s biological and extended family, grouped together in the shade of a richly foliated tree and with a deep-green landscape in the distance.

From Washington Post

Boxwood: English boxwood is bright green and densely foliated with rounded leaves.

From Washington Post

One day a tree is ablaze but foliated, and the next it is half-naked with its hibernal bones sticking out.

From Washington Post