Definition of foliate

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Foliate (v. t.) To beat into a leaf, or thin plate..

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Acutifoliate :: Acutifoliate (a.) Having sharp-pointed leaves.
Exfoliation :: Exfoliation (n.) The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated..
Bean Trefoil :: Bean trefoil () A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida)..
Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell..
Tetradymite :: Tetradymite (n.) A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Called also telluric bismuth..
Foliate :: Foliate (v. t.) To beat into a leaf, or thin plate..
Infoliate :: Infoliate (v. t.) To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves..
Stilt :: Stilpnomelane (n.) A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina..
Quinquefoliate :: Quinquefoliate (a.) Alt. of Quinquefoliate.
Nagyagite :: Nagyagite (n.) A mineral of blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster, generally of a foliated massive structure; foliated tellurium. It is a telluride of lead and gold..
Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
Foliate :: Foliate (a.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk..
Foliated :: Foliated (a.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch..
Hubner :: Hubner (n.) A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate..
Graphite :: Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead..
Defoliated :: Defoliated (a.) Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall..
Smaragdite :: Smaragdite (n.) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro..
Exfoliated :: Exfoliated (imp. & p. p.) of Exfoliat.
Perfoliate :: Perfoliate (a.) Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.
Perfoliate :: Perfoliate (a.) Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind..
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