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foliose

foliose adjective: leafy or leaflike.

Adjective

foliose (comparative more foliose, superlative most foliose)

  1. Leafy or leaflike.
    • Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84

Forms of foliose

comparativemore foliose
superlativemost foliose

Origin of foliose

From Latin foli(ō) (“leaf”) + -ose, from Latin foliōsus (“leafy”), from foliō (“leaf”).

Words formed from foliose

Questions about foliose

What does foliose mean?
Foliose means leafy or leaflike.
What part of speech is foliose?
Foliose is an adjective.

Words near foliose in the dictionary

  1. foliophage
  2. foliophages
  3. foliophagous
  4. foliophagy
  5. folios
  6. foliose
  7. foliosely
  8. foliosity
  9. foliot
  10. foliots
  11. folious

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