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foliose

[ foh-lee-ohs ]

adjective

  1. Botany. leafy.
  2. Botany, Mycology. having a leaflike thallus loosely attached to a surface, as certain lichens. Compare crustose, fruticose.


foliose

/ -ˌəʊz; ˈfəʊlɪˌəʊs /

adjective

  1. another word for foliaceous foliaceous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of foliose1

From the Latin word foliōsus, dating back to 1720–30. See folium, -ose 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of foliose1

C18: from Latin foliōsus full of leaves
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Example Sentences

The thallus is plainly foliose with the margins of the lobes usually ascending and is gray-green to brown in color.

Blasia pusilla, which occurs commonly by ditches and streams, affords a transition to the foliose types.

The leaves and stem of the foliose forms effect the same division of labour in another way.

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