(adj) (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves, Example:`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'

foliate

(adj) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata, Syn. foliaceous, foliated

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Foliate

a. [ L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage. ] (Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foliate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foliated p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating ] 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foliated

a. 1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Blattpflanze { f } [ bot. ]

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