Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foliaceous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foliaceous
adj : bearing numerous leaves [syn: {foliose}, {foliaged}]
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