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foliaceous 1. having the appearance of the leaf of a plant 2. bearing leaves or leaflike structures 3. Geology (of certain rocks, esp schists) consisting of thin layers; foliated foliaceous [‚fō·lē′ā·shəs] (botany) Consisting of or having the form or texture of a foliage leaf. (geology) Having a leaflike or platelike structure composed of thin layers of minerals. (zoology) Resembling a leaf in growth form or mode. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I feel as if I were nearer to the vitals of the globe, for this sandy overflow is something such a foliaceous mass as the vitals of the animal body. I was startled by a great patch of vivid scarlet on the ground, and going up to it found it to be a peculiar fungus, branched and corrugated like a foliaceous lichen, but deliquescing into slime at the touch; and then in the shadow of some luxuriant ferns I came upon an unpleasant thing,--the dead body of a rabbit covered with shining flies, but still warm and with the head torn off. I opened the stomachs of several, and found them largely distended with minced sea-weed (Ulvae), which grows in thin foliaceous expansions of a bright green or a dull red colour. |
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