foliose

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English

Etymology

From Latin foliōsus (leafy), from folio (leaf).

Adjective

foliose (comparative more foliose, superlative most foliose)

  1. leafy or leaf-like.
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84:
      Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.

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Latin

Adjective

foliōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of foliōsus