FOLIATE

• (verb) grow leaves

  "the tree foliated in Spring"

• (verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript

  synonyms : page , paginate

• (verb) coat or back with metal foil

  "foliate glass"

• (verb) decorate with leaves

• (verb) hammer into thin flat foils

  "foliate metal"

• (adj.) ornamented with foliage or foils

  "foliate tracery", "a foliated capital"

  synonyms : foliated

• (adj.) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata

  synonyms : foliaceous , foliated

• (adj.) (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'"

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