[syn: foliate, foliated, foliaceous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Foliaceous \Fo`li*a"ceous\, a. [L. foliaceus, fr. folium leaf.]
1. (Bot.) Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a
leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a
foliaceous spike.
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2. (Min.) Consisting of leaves or thin lamin[ae]; having the
form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar.
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3. (Zool.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a
foliaceous coral.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
foliaceous
adj 1: of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant
2: bearing numerous leaves [syn: foliaceous, foliose,
foliaged]
3: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers
or strata [syn: foliate, foliated, foliaceous]