Definitions for foliaceous

foliaceous fo·li·a·ceous

Spelling: [foh-lee-ey-shuh s]
IPA: /ˌfoʊ liˈeɪ ʃəs/

Foliaceous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 553 anagrams from letters in foliaceous (acefiloosu).

Definitions for foliaceous

adjective

  1. of, like, or of the nature of a plant leaf; leaflike.
  2. bearing leaves or leaflike parts.
  3. pertaining to or consisting of leaves.
  4. consisting of leaflike plates or laminae; foliated.

Origin of foliaceous

First recorded in 1650-60, foliaceous is from the Latin word foliāceus leafy, like a leaf. See folium, -aceous

Examples for foliaceous

The adventitious organs appeared as if they were developments from the thalamus—a kind of foliaceous disc, in fact.

The calyx is most generally green in color, and foliaceous (leaf-like) in texture.

The shells of this family are irregular, generally attached and foliaceous.

Fruit a 2-celled, 2-seeded capsule, flattened and foliaceous at the extremity (a samara).

Of the foliaceous group there are likewise two British genera, Melobesia and Hildenbrantia.

These latter organs may be absent or they may themselves be the subjects of foliaceous development.

In other cases no traces of ovules are visible, but the funiculi are in a foliaceous condition.

foliaceous, belonging to, or of the texture or nature of, a leaf (folium).

Calyx 5-parted, without appendages, enlarged and foliaceous in fruit.

The tertiary crystallization is a frosting of small siliceous crystals upon the edges of the foliaceous crystals.

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