foliaceous
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin foliaceus, from folium (“a leaf”).
Adjective edit
foliaceous (comparative more foliaceous, superlative most foliaceous)
- Resembling a leaf or leaves.
- 1795, James Hutton, Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4)[1]:
- 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.
- 1901, T. H. Pardo de Tavera, The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines[2]:
- The bitter principle contained in the root, wood and bark was discovered by Blunse who named it samaderin; it is a white, crystalline, foliaceous substance, more soluble in water than in alcohol, fusible.
- Bearing leaves.
Synonyms edit
- (resembling a leaf): leaflike
References edit
- “foliaceous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “foliaceous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.