foliose

English

Etymology

From Latin foliōsus (“leafy”), from folio (“leaf”).

Adjective

foliose (comparative more foliose, superlative most foliose)

1. leafy or leaf-like.
   • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84:

     Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.

Translations

leafy

• Irish: duilliúil
• Italian: foglioso

Anagrams

• floosie

Latin

Adjective

foliōse

1. vocative masculine singular of foliōsus