(botany; 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'"
grow leaves, as of plants
coat or back with metal foil; of surfaces such as glass
decorate with leaves
hammer into thin flat foils; of metal
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
(architecture) ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
number the pages of a book or manuscript
grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
(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''"
ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
grow leaves
coat or back with metal foil
hammer into thin flat foils
(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
