*foliate*

{ a. [ L. adversus opposite + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. asper rough + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having rough leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By some applied to the natural order now called Boraginaceæ or borageworts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + foliate. ] (Bot.) Having two leaves; two-leaved. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. defoliare, to shed leaves; L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. défoliation. ] to cause (a plant) to shed its leaves. [ PJC ]

{ } a. Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Exfoliated p. pr. & vb. n. Exfoliating ] [ L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf. ] 1. To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To remove scales, laminæ, or splinters from the surface of. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foliated p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating ] 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage. ] (Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + L. folium leaf. ] To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves. [ R. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. inter- + L. folium leaf. ] To interleave. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. latifolius; latus broad + folium leaf: cf. F. latifolié. ] (Bot.) Having broad leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. per- + L. folium leaf. ] 1. (Bot.) Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Quadri- + L. folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Quinque- + foliate, -ated: cf. F. quinquéfolié, L. quinquefolius. ] (Bot.) Having five leaves or leaflets. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]