foliate
/fˈoʊlieɪt/
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Definitions
Adjective
ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
Adjective Satellite
(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''"
Adjective Satellite
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
Verb
hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
Verb
decorate with leaves
Verb
coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
Verb
number the pages of a book or manuscript
Verb
grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"