EGAVE

foliate

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of or relating to leaves.
  2. adjective Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
  3. adjective Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.
  4. adjective Of a plant: having leaves.
  5. adjective Of a plant: having leaves.
  6. adjective Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
  7. adjective Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).
  8. adjective In the form of a foil or thin sheet.
    foliate gold

Similar words

leafy stratified paginate bedded foliolate foliose foliaceous foliicolous folicolous folial

Often followed by

papillae and motifs ornament scrolls designs decoration design forms capitals

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