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-folious

 
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a combining form meaning “having leaves (of a specified number or type)”: unifolious.
Origin:
comb. form repr. L foliōsus foliose

fo⋅li⋅ose

  [foh-lee-ohs]
–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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