fo⋅li⋅at⋅ed / ˈfoʊ / Show Spelled Pronunciation [ foh -lee-ey-tid] Show IPA –adjective 1. shaped like a leaf or leaves: foliated ornaments.
2. Also, foliate. Petrology, Mineralogy .
fo·li·ate Of or relating to leaves.
Shaped like a leaf.
Geology Foliated.
fo·li·at·ed , fo·li·at·ing , fo·li·ates tr. To hammer or cut (metal) into thin leaf or foil.
To coat (glass, for example) with metal foil.
To furnish or adorn with metal foil.
To separate into thin layers or laminae.
To decorate with foliage or foils: an arch that is foliated in the Gothic style.
To number the leaves of (a manuscript, for example).
intr. To produce foliage.
To split into thin leaflike layers or folia.
foliātus , bearing foliage , from folium , leaf ; see folium
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Medical Dictionary
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fo·li·ate Pronunciation:
'fO-lE-&t, -"At Function:
adjective : shaped like a leaf
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Science Dictionary
foliation Pronunciation Key
foliated adjective
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[adj. foh-lee-it, -eyt; v. foh-lee-eyt] 
adjective, verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
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