Foliaceous

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or resembling the leaf of a plant.
  • adjective. Having leaves or leaflike structures.
  • adjective. Consisting of thin, leaflike layers, as of minerals.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being or resembling a leaf.
  • In botany, having the texture or form of a leaf; bearing leaves; leafy.
  • In zoology, having parts or processes like leaves; ramifying like a leafy branch; foliate; expanded and thin, but not flat. Also frondose.
  • Consisting of thin laminæ; having the form of a leaf or plate: as, foliaceous spar.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers.
  • adjective. Consisting of leaves or thin laminæ; having the form of a leaf or plate.
  • adjective. Leaflike in form or mode of growth.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Resembling a leaf or leaves, leaflike.
  • adjective. Bearing leaves.
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  • adjective. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
  • adjective. of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant
  • adjective. bearing numerous leaves
    • Word Usage
    "The adventitious organs appeared as if they were developments from the thalamus -- a kind of foliaceous disc, in fact."
    cross-reference
    foliaceous lichen  foliaceous tibiæ  
    Equivalent
    bedded  leafy  stratified  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    closely-fitting  coniferous  diapson  egg-like  fernlike  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    leaf  
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