Foliate

a.	1.	(Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliate curve (Geom.) Same as Folium.
v. t.	1.	To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. [imp. & p. p. Foliated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating .]
	2.	To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.

Verb	1.	foliate - hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
	2.	foliate - decorate with leaves
	3.	foliate - coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
	4.	foliate - number the pages of a book or manuscript Synonyms: paginate, page
	5.	foliate - grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
Adj.	1.	foliate - ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" Synonyms: foliated
	2.	foliate - (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'"
	3.	foliate - (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata Synonyms: foliated, foliaceous

botany, leafy, phytology