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Foliaceous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOLIA'CEOUS, a. [L. foliaceus, from folium, a leaf. See Foil.]
1. Leafy; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as a foliaceous spike. Foliaceous glands are those situated on leaves.
2. Consisting of leaves or thin lamins; having the form of a leaf or plate; as foliaceous spar.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin foliaceus, from folium leaf + -aceus -aceous Date: 1658 of, relating to, or resembling an ordinary green leaf as distinguished from a modified leaf (as a petal, bract, or scale)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of or like leaves. 2 having organs like leaves. 3 laminated. Etymology: L foliaceus leafy f. folium leaf

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. (Bot.) Leafy, foliate. 2. (Min.) Lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, laminate (d), scaly, flaky, foliated, schistose.