Definition of foliate

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

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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..
Trifoliate :: Trifoliate (a.) Alt. of Trifoliate.
Foliated :: Foliated (imp. & p. p.) of Foliat.
Asperifoliate :: Asperifoliate (a.) Alt. of Asperifoliou.
Quadriphyllous :: Quadriphyllous (a.) Having four leaves; quadrifoliate.
Lamelliferous :: Lamelliferous (a.) Bearing, or composed of, lamellae, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated..
Trifolium :: Trifolium (n.) A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover..
Defoliated :: Defoliated (a.) Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall..
Tetradymite :: Tetradymite (n.) A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also telluric bismuth..
Hubner :: Hubner (n.) A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate..
Bean Trefoil :: Bean trefoil () A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida)..
Acutifoliate :: Acutifoliate (a.) Having sharp-pointed leaves.
Nagyagite :: Nagyagite (n.) A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold..
Bifoliate :: Bifoliate (a.) Having two leaves; two-leaved.
Angustifoliate :: Angustifoliate (a.) Alt. of Angustifoliou.
Perfoliate :: Perfoliate (a.) Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.
Foliate :: Foliate (v. t.) To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass..
Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure..
Connate :: Connate (a.) Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate..
Spathic :: Spathic (a.) Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose.
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