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foliate adj

Of or relating to leaves. Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike. (geometry) Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop. (botany) Of a plant: having leaves. Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets. (geology) Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”) (obsolete) In the form of a foil or thin sheet. foliate v (transitive) To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate. To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver. (architecture) To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”). (obsolete) To beat (metal) into a foil or thin sheet. (intransitive) To split into layers or leaves. (botany) Of a plant: to produce leaves.

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