Dictionary definition · foliate
verb
- hammer into thin flat foils"foliate metal"
- decorate with leaves
- coat or back with metal foil"foliate glass"
- number the pages of a book or manuscript
- grow leaves"the tree foliated in Spring"
adjective
- ornamented with foliage or foils"foliate tracery"
- (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
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).