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foliaceous

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fo·li·a·ceous  (fl-shs)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling the leaf of a plant.
2. Having leaves or leaflike structures.
3. Geology Consisting of thin, leaflike layers, as of minerals.
[From Latin foliceus, from folium, leaf; see folium.]
foliaceous [ˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) having the appearance of the leaf of a plant
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) bearing leaves or leaflike structures
3. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology (of certain rocks, esp schists) consisting of thin layers; foliated
[from Latin foliāceus]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.foliaceous - of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant
2.foliaceous - bearing numerous leaves
foliaged, foliose
leafy - having or covered with leaves; "leafy trees"; "leafy vegetables"
3.foliaceous - (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
foliated, foliate
bedded, stratified - deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock"


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I feel as if I were nearer to the vitals of the globe, for this sandy overflow is something such a foliaceous mass as the vitals of the animal body.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
I was startled by a great patch of vivid scarlet on the ground, and going up to it found it to be a peculiar fungus, branched and corrugated like a foliaceous lichen, but deliquescing into slime at the touch; and then in the shadow of some luxuriant ferns I came upon an unpleasant thing,--the dead body of a rabbit covered with shining flies, but still warm and with the head torn off.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
I opened the stomachs of several, and found them largely distended with minced sea-weed (Ulvae), which grows in thin foliaceous expansions of a bright green or a dull red colour.
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