Foliaceous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling a leaf or leaves.
"I have one specimen, in which the primary crystals are siliceous, the secondary thin foliaceous crystals of deep red but transparent iron-ore, forming elegant figures, that have the form of roses."
- 2 Bearing leaves.
Adjective
- 1 (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata wordnet
- 2 bearing numerous leaves wordnet
- 3 of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"I have one specimen, in which the primary crystals are siliceous, the secondary thin foliaceous crystals of deep red but transparent iron-ore, forming elegant figures, that have the form of roses."
Etymology
From Latin foliaceus, from folium (“a leaf”).