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Foliaceous   Listen
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Foliaceous  adj.  
1.
(Bot.) Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike.
2.
(Min.) Consisting of leaves or thin laminae; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar.
3.
(Zool.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral.





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"Foliaceous" Quotes from Famous Books



... out of one another, varieties and species are produced, which stand out from the primary form clearly and sharply like the petiolated leaf of a Dicotyledon, and are not amalgamated with the primary form and with each other like the irregular curled lobes of a foliaceous Lichen. ...
— Facts and Arguments for Darwin • Fritz Muller


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