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foliature

foliature noun: foliage; leafage.

Noun

foliature (usually uncountable, plural foliatures)

  1. (obsolete, usually) Foliage; leafage.
    • They wreathed together a foliature of the fig-tree, and made themselves enwrapments.1728, Samuel Shuckford, The Sacred and Profane History of the World
    • It consisted of the conical cerveillere, superbly inlaid with gold foliature, […]1832, The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, page 310

Forms of foliature

pluralfoliatures

Origin of foliature

Latin foliatura (“foliage”).

Questions about foliature

What does foliature mean?
Foliature means foliage; leafage.
What part of speech is foliature?
Foliature is a noun.
What is the plural of foliature?
The plural of foliature is foliatures.

Words near foliature in the dictionary

  1. foliately
  2. foliates
  3. foliating
  4. foliation
  5. foliations
  6. foliature
  7. folic
  8. folic acid
  9. folicolous
  10. foliculogenesis
  11. folie de grandeur

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