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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

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]


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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Min.) Consisting of leaves or thin lamin[ae]; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral. [1913 Webster]
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]