foliate (adj.)

  1. ornamented with foliage or foils; foliate tracery; a foliated capital

    [ Syn: foliated ]

  2. (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; `foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate''

  3. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata

    [ Syn: foliated , foliaceous ]

    foliate (v.)

  1. hammer into thin flat foils; foliate metal'

  2. decorate with leaves

  3. coat or back with metal foil; foliate glass'

  4. number the pages of a book or manuscript

    [ Syn: paginate , page ]

  5. grow leaves; the tree foliated in Spring'

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