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fo⋅li⋅ose

  [foh-lee-ohs]
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–adjective
1. Botany. leafy.
2. Botany, Mycology. having a leaflike thallus loosely attached to a surface, as certain lichens. Compare crustose, fruticose.
Also, fo⋅li⋅ous  [foh-lee-uhs] .

Origin:
1720–30; < L foliōsus. See folium, -ose 1
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fo·li·ose   (fō'lē-ōs')   
adj.  

  1. Bearing numerous leaves; leafy.

  2. Of, relating to, or resembling a leaf.

  3. Of or relating to a lichen whose thallus is flat and leafy.


[Latin foliōsus, from folium, leaf; see folium.]
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