foliose
[ foh-lee-ohs ]
Origin of foliose
1- Also fo·li·ous [foh-lee-uhs]. /ˈfoʊ li əs/.
Words Nearby foliose
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How to use foliose in a sentence
The thallus is plainly foliose with the margins of the lobes usually ascending and is gray-green to brown in color.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 | Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonBlasia 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.
British Dictionary definitions for foliose
foliose
/ (ˈfəʊlɪˌəʊs, -ˌəʊz) /
adjective
another word for foliaceous (def. 1), foliaceous (def. 2)
Origin of foliose
1C18: from Latin foliōsus full of leaves
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