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adjective

shaped like a leaf or leaves: foliated ornaments.

Also, foliate. Petrology, Mineralogy. consisting of thin and separable laminae.

Architecture. foliate (def. 3).

Origin:
1640–50; foliate + -ed²

Related forms

un·fo·li·at·ed, adjective

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adjective

covered with or having leaves.

like a leaf, as in shape.

Also, foliated. Architecture.

ornamented with or composed of foils: foliate tracery.

ornamented with representations of foliage: a foliate capital.

Petrology, Mineralogy. foliated (def. 2).

verb (used without object)

to put forth leaves.

to split into thin leaflike layers or laminae.

verb (used with object)

to shape like a leaf or leaves.

to decorate with foils or foliage.

to form into thin sheets.

10.

to spread over with a thin metallic backing.

11.

Printing. to number the folios or leaves, as distinguished from pages, of (a manuscript or book).

Origin:
1620–30; < Latin foliātus leafy. See folium, -ate¹

Related forms

sub·fo·li·ate, adjective

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World English Dictionary

foliated (ˈfəʊlɪˌeɪtɪd)

—*adj*
1.	architect ornamented with or made up of foliage or foils
2.	(of rocks and minerals, esp schists) composed of thin easily separable layers
3.	(esp of parts of animals or plants) resembling a leaf

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foliation

(fō'lē-ā'shən) Pronunciation Key
The set of layers visible in many metamorphic rocks as a result of the flattening and stretching of mineral grains during metamorphism.

foliated adjective

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