meaning of foliaceous
1. Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike.
2. Consisting of leaves or thin laminae; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar.
3. Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral.
4. especially of metamorphic rock having thin leaflike layers or strata
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