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Defoliated :: Defoliated (a.) Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall..

Schist :: Schist (n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar..

Connate-perfoliate :: Connate-perfoliate (a.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset..

Asperifoliate :: Asperifoliate (a.) Alt. of Asperifoliou.

Foliated :: Foliated (imp. & p. p.) of Foliat.

Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

Hubner :: Hubner (n.) A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate..

Acutifoliate :: Acutifoliate (a.) Having sharp-pointed leaves.

Foliate :: Foliate (v. t.) To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass..

Graphite :: Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead..

Quinquefoliated :: Quinquefoliated (a.) Having five leaves or leaflets.

Defoliate :: Defoliate (a.) Alt. of Defoliate.

Quadriphyllous :: Quadriphyllous (a.) Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.

Latifoliate :: Latifoliate (a.) Alt. of Latifoliou.

Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. i.) To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark..

Desquamatory :: Desquamatory (n.) An instrument formerly used in removing the laminae of exfoliated bones.

Interfoliate :: Interfoliate (v. t.) To interleave.

Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. i.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition..

Bean Trefoil :: Bean trefoil () A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida)..

Angustifoliate :: Angustifoliate (a.) Alt. of Angustifoliou.

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