foliaceous

American  

[foh-lee-ey-shuhs] / ˌfoʊ liˈeɪ ʃəs /

adjective

1. of, like, or of the nature of a plant leaf; leaflike.

2. bearing leaves or leaflike parts.

3. pertaining to or consisting of leaves.

4. consisting of leaflike plates or laminae; foliated.

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foliaceous British  

/ ˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs /

adjective

1. having the appearance of the leaf of a plant

2. bearing leaves or leaflike structures

3. geology (of certain rocks, esp schists) consisting of thin layers; foliated

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Other Word Forms

• foliaceousness noun
• superfoliaceous adjective

Etymology

Origin of foliaceous

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin foliāceus “leafy, like a leaf”; folium, -aceous

Example Sentences

Pappus simple, coarse and rigid, the stronger bristles somewhat clavate; scales rigid, more or less foliaceous, nearly equal.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Stems 1° high; glabrous or nearly so; heads ½´ high, rather few, racemose or spicate; outer scales lax, foliaceous; rays purple; leaves linear, entire.—Mo. to Tex., thence to Car. and Ga. § 2.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Rāmen′ta, loose foliaceous scales on plants, esp. on the petioles and leaves of ferns.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Involucre.—Of several series of imbricated scales, the outer foliaceous and loose.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Annual, branching, 1–2° high, cinereous; leaves alternate, ovate or cordate to deltoid-lanceolate, the petioles mostly winged and auriculate at base; involucral scales linear, equal, foliaceous, spreading; rays numerous, fertile.—Kan. to Tex., and westward.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa