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Talc :: Talc (n.) A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety..

Perfoliate :: Perfoliate (a.) Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.

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

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

Stilt :: Stilpnomelane (n.) A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina..

Perfoliate :: Perfoliate (a.) Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind..

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

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..

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

Thoroughwax :: Thoroughwax (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.

Infoliate :: Infoliate (v. t.) To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves..

Lamelliferous :: Lamelliferous (a.) Bearing, or composed of, lamellae, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated..

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

Trifoliate :: Trifoliate (a.) Alt. of Trifoliate.

Adversifoliate :: Adversifoliate (a.) Alt. of Adversifoliou.

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..

Finial :: Finial (n.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself..

Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of..

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

Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch..

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