"foliaceous" meaning in English

See foliaceous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more foliaceous [comparative], most foliaceous [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin foliaceus, from folium (“a leaf”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|foliaceus}} Latin foliaceus, {{m|la|folium||a leaf}} folium (“a leaf”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} foliaceous (comparative more foliaceous, superlative most foliaceous)
  1. Resembling a leaf or leaves. Synonyms (resembling a leaf): leaflike
    Sense id: en-foliaceous-en-adj-U64-uZ0v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'resembling a leaf': 85 15
  2. Bearing leaves.
    Sense id: en-foliaceous-en-adj-qugB5fkV

Download JSON data for foliaceous meaning in English (1.7kB)

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