| a. | 1. | Having leaves, or leaflike projections; | |||
| 2. | (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; | ||||
| 3. | (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; | ||||
| 4. | (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose. | ||||
| 5. | Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.
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| Adj. | 1. | foliated - ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" Synonyms: foliate |
| 2. | foliated - (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata Synonyms: foliaceous, foliate |