2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliaceous \Fo`li*a"ceous\, a. [L. foliaceus, fr folium leaf.]
1. (Bot.) Belonging to or having the texture or nature of a
leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as a
foliaceous spike.
2. (Min.) Consisting of leaves or thin lamin[ae]; having the
form of a leaf or plate; as foliaceous spar.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as a
foliaceous coral.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
foliaceous
adj : bearing numerous leaves [syn: {foliose}, {foliaged}]
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