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Synonyms foliaceous, foliated
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Synonyms foliated


foliate tracery.
a foliated capital.
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Synonyms page, paginate
Type of number
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Type of surface, coat
Derivation foliation, foil


foliate glass.
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Type of adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament
Derivation foliage, foliation
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Type of develop, make grow
Derivation foliation, foliage


the tree foliated in Spring.
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Type of forge, hammer
Derivation foil, foliation


foliate metal.
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`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'.

Examples of foliate

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Outside the doors the foliate border of the front is continued, uninterrupted by figures.
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The brasslectern in the Lady Chapel is from 1661 and has a moulded stand and foliate crest.
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I've used it on my tomatoes as a foliate spray as well as an in-ground treatment with great success.
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This means that if you do neglect it, it can be trimmed back hard into shape and will re-foliate nicely.
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The cornice below the eaves has foliate carving.
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They're natural antioxidants and provide a plethora of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamins A, K, C and foliate.
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Included in the foliate bosses are Australian native plants such as the waratah, floral emblem of New South Wales.
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Iznik pottery with foliate rim, 16th century.
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It differs according to the order, being plain in the Doric Order, fluted in the Ionic and foliate in the Corinthian.
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More examples
  • Ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
  • Hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
  • Decorate with leaves
  • (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'"
  • (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
  • Coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
  • Number the pages of a book or manuscript
  • (Foliation) In mathematics, a foliation is a geometric device used to study manifolds, consisting of an integrable subbundle of the tangent bundle. A foliation looks locally like a decomposition of the manifold as a union of parallel submanifolds of smaller dimension.
  • To form into leaves; of or relating to leaves; shaped like a leaf; foliated