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Foliaceous

adjective
1.
Of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant.
2.
Bearing numerous leaves.  Synonyms: foliaged, foliose.
3.
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata.  Synonyms: foliate, foliated.






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"Foliaceous" Quotes from Famous Books



... out of one another, varieties and species are produced, which stand out from the primary form clearly and sharply like the petiolated leaf of a Dicotyledon, and are not amalgamated with the primary form and with each other like the irregular curled lobes of a foliaceous Lichen. ...
— Facts and Arguments for Darwin • Fritz Muller



Words linked to "Foliaceous" :   bedded, leafy, stratified, foliate, leaf, folium, foliaged



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