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foliate adjective
Meaning : Ornamented with foliage or foils.
Example :
Foliate tracery.
A foliated capital.
Synonyms : foliated
Meaning : (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves.
Example :
`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'.
Meaning : (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata.
Synonyms : foliaceous, foliated
foliate verb
Meaning : Hammer into thin flat foils.
Example :
Foliate metal.
Meaning : Decorate with leaves.
Meaning : Coat or back with metal foil.
Example :
Foliate glass.
Meaning : Grow leaves.
Example :
The tree foliated in Spring.
