Part 4446

<h1>Foliaceous</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fo`li*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>foliaceus</ets>, fr. <ets>folium</ets> leaf.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; <as>as, a <ex>foliaceous</ex> spike</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Consisting of leaves or thin lamin\'91; having the form of a leaf or plate; <as>as, <ex>foliaceous</ex> spar</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Leaflike in form or mode of growth; <as>as, a <ex>foliaceous</ex> coral</as>.</def>

<h1>Foliage</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fo"li*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>foillage</ets>, <ets>fueillage</ets>, F. <ets>feuillage</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>foille</ets>, <ets>fueille</ets>, <ets>fueil</ets>, F. <ets>feulle</ets>, leaf, L. <ets>folium</ets>. See 3d <er>Foil</er>, and cf. <er>Foliation</er>, <er>Filemot</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; <as>as, a tree or forest of beautiful <ex>foliage</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Foliage plant</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>any plant cultivated for the beauty of its leaves, as many kinds of <spn>Begonia</spn> and <spn>Coleus</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Foliage</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fo"li*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Drummond.</i>

<h1>Foliaged</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fo"li*aged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with foliage; leaved; <as>as, the variously <ex>foliaged</ex> mulberry</as>.</def>

<h1>Foliar</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fo"li*ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves; <as>as, <ex>foliar</ex> appendages</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Foliar gap</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an opening in the fibrovascular system of a stem at the point of origin of a leaf.</cd> -- <col>Foliar trace</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a particular fibrovascular bundle passing down into the stem from a leaf.</cd></cs>

<h1>Foliate</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fo"li*ate</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>foliatus</ets> leaved, leafy, fr. <ets>folium</ets> leaf. See <er>Foliage</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a <i>foliate</i> stalk.</def>

<cs><col>Foliate curve</col>. <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Folium</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Foliate</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fo"li*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Foliated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Foliating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; <as>as, to <ex>foliate</ex> a looking-glass</as>.</def>

<h1>Foliated</h1> <Xpage=578>

<hw>Fo"li*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having leaves, or leaflike projections; <as>as, a <ex>foliated</ex> shell</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Containing, or consisting of, foils; <as>as, a <ex>foliated</ex> arch</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; <as>as, graphite has a <ex>foliated</ex> structure</as>.</def>