foliated

[ foh-lee-ey-tid ]

adjective

1. shaped like a leaf or leaves:

   foliated ornaments.

2. Also Petrology, Mineralogy. consisting of thin and separable laminae.
3. Architecture. foliate ( def 3 ).

foliated

/ ˈfəʊlɪˌeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. architect ornamented with or made up of foliage or foils
2. (of rocks and minerals, esp schists) composed of thin easily separable layers
3. (esp of parts of animals or plants) resembling a leaf

Other Words From

• un·foli·ated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of foliated¹

First recorded in 1640–50; foliate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Many of the plants that are sold for indoor growing are native to rain forests or other densely foliated regions where they get very little light and experience almost no seasonal temperature changes.

From Wall Street Journal

By the end of summer, the camellia was fully foliated.

From Washington Post

The first is Bazille’s biological and extended family, grouped together in the shade of a richly foliated tree and with a deep-green landscape in the distance.

From Washington Post

Boxwood: English boxwood is bright green and densely foliated with rounded leaves.

From Washington Post

One day a tree is ablaze but foliated, and the next it is half-naked with its hibernal bones sticking out.

From Washington Post