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Meaning of "foliaceous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FOLIACEOUS

From Latin foliāceus.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FOLIACEOUS

foliaceous  [ˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOLIACEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foliaceous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FOLIACEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foliaceous in the English dictionary

The first definition of foliaceous in the dictionary is having the appearance of the leaf of a plant. Other definition of foliaceous is bearing leaves or leaflike structures. Foliaceous is also consisting of thin layers; foliated.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOLIACEOUS


alliaceous
ˌælɪˈeɪʃəs
anacardiaceous
ˌænəˌkɑːdɪˈeɪʃəs
aquifoliaceous
ˌækwɪˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
bignoniaceous
bɪɡˌnəʊnɪˈeɪʃəs
bromeliaceous
brəʊˌmiːlɪˈeɪʃəs
caesalpiniaceous
ˌsɛzælˌpɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
caprifoliaceous
ˌkæprɪˌfəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
coriaceous
ˌkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs
geraniaceous
dʒɪˌreɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
liliaceous
ˌlɪlɪˈeɪʃəs
loganiaceous
ləʊˌɡeɪnɪˈeɪʃəs
magnoliaceous
mæɡˌnəʊlɪˈeɪʃəs
nymphaeaceous
ˌnɪmfɪˈeɪʃəs
ostreaceous
ˌɒstrɪˈeɪʃəs
paleaceous
ˌpeɪlɪˈeɪʃəs
polemoniaceous
ˌpɒlɪˌməʊnɪˈeɪʃəs
scrophulariaceous
ˌskrɒfjʊˌlɛərɪˈeɪʃəs
sterculiaceous
stɜːˌkjuːlɪˈeɪʃəs
subcoriaceous
ˌsʌbkɔːrɪˈeɪʃəs
tiliaceous
ˌtɪlɪˈeɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOLIACEOUS

foley artist
folia
foliage
foliaged
foliar
foliar feed
foliate
foliated
foliation
foliature
folic acid
folie
folie de grandeur
folio
foliolate
foliole
foliolose
foliose
folious
folium

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOLIACEOUS

arenaceous
argillaceous
carbonaceous
chartaceous
cretaceous
crustaceous
curvaceous
diatomaceous
ericaceous
farinaceous
gorgeous
herbaceous
micaceous
olivaceous
predaceous
proteinaceous
sebaceous
siliceous
the Cretaceous
tuffaceous
violaceous

Synonyms and antonyms of foliaceous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foliaceous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOLIACEOUS

Find out the translation of foliaceous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foliaceous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foliaceous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

叶底
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

foliaceous
570 millions of speakers

English

foliaceous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

foliaceous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ورقي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

листовидные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

foliáceo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফলকাকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foliacé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Foliaceous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

foliaceous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

葉状の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잎 같은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Foliaceous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

foliaceous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

foliaceous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फोलिसीस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaprak biçiminde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

foliaceous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

foliaceous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

листоподібні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

foliaceu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυλλοειδής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

foliaceous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

foliaceous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

foliaceous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foliaceous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLIACEOUS»

The term «foliaceous» is normally little used and occupies the 135.885 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLIACEOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foliaceous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foliaceous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foliaceous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOLIACEOUS»

Discover the use of foliaceous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foliaceous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An encyclopædia of plants;: comprising the description, ...
Apoth. brown y Podetia elongate subulate simple or branched pulverulent white sterile or with reddish apothecia 15624 Thallus foliaceous, Segments broad ish crenulatc cut, Podetia longish smooth somewhat wartcd glaucous or whitish ...
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), George Don, 1836
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An Encyclopaedia of Plants
15696 Thallus foliaceous small : segm. inciso-lobate crenate, Podetia cylindr. simple and somew. branch. at the extremity greenish white granulated rarely cup- bear. ; cups narr. at length radiat. Apoth. minute scarlet 15627 Thallus foliaceous  ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1829
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A Manual of the Flowering Plants of California
Involucre campanulate or hemispherical, the bracts many-ranked, foliaceous or firm-herbaceous, often with attenuate squarrose points. Achenes short, truncate, compressed or turgid, glabrous. Pappus of 2 to 8 very readily deciduous awns or  ...
Willis Linn Jepson, 1975
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The British Flora: Or, A Linnean Arrangement of British ...
Finas'- Hi, L. Foliaceous (yellow green) ascending, lobed, tri, ' with a yellow curled powdery margin. (Fructif. not discovered.) Dicks, iii. 18. Scop. On the bark of Scotch'Firs. Hoffm.lick.4. 1. tahca'- 112. L. Foliaceous, erect, linear, branched, ...
John Hull, 1799
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An encyclopædia of plants: comprising the description, ...
tf Thallus foliaceous. Podetia fistular dilated upwards and fertile, or sterile and tubulate. Apothecia dosed with a membrane. Scyphopuo&a. * Apothecia fuscous or pallid. 15619 Thallus foliaceot s very pale glaucous green the segments subpal ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1829
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Flora Scotica: Or a Description of Scottish Plants
C. anomœa, thallus foliaceous ash-coloured brittle, segments imbricated minute crenate, podetia cylindrical rough arid foliaceous, cups turbinate closed at length dilated and radiated, apothecia marginal sessile or stalked brownish black.
William Jackson Hooker, 1821
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Manual of botany, for North America: containing generic and ...
L Frond foliaceous : peduncle (podetia) fistulous, dilated upwards, bearing nips, or attenuate-subulate : the cups closed with transverse membranes. ( Receptacles sooty-yellow or pale.) rtsjiticia, Ach. Frond minutely cleft : podetia very short, ...
Amos Eaton, 1829
8
A General System of Nature,: Through the Three Grand ...
Thorax foliaceous ; thc membrane inflated, testaceous, rc- ticulate. • Inhabits Cayenne ; iìze of C. foliata. Membrane of the thorax large pellucid, with 7 black dots each side : body ycllowiíh : uppcr-ivingt byaline, darker on the thin- ... . ner margin ...
Carl von Linné, 1806
9
Congressional Edition
His numerous communications contain indisputable testimony of the immense value of the peculiar species of fibrous Agaves, cultivated in Yucatan, whose fresh leaves yield the foliaceous fibres called " Sisal hemp ;'' and of the great ...
10
A Manual of Botany, for the Northern and Middle States of ...
gttnorega, frond foliaceous ; divisions broadish, gash-crenulate : peduncles longish, glabrous, somewhat warty, glaucous or whitish- green ; when dying, it becomes dark-coloured, white-dotted ; all bearing cups, which are irregular, somewhat ...
Amos Eaton, 1824

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOLIACEOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foliaceous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ben Hollis is set to visit Washington, DC for a spell
... who wasn't sure if the moderator was asking for “foliaceous” or “foliageous.” “I asked for the definition and they said it had to do with leaves, ... «Hancock County Journal Pilot, Apr 15»
2
Palau's Reefs: Journey from Destruction to Recovery
... bottlebrush acroporids, Seriatopora, as well as some of the plating and foliaceous corals such as Montipora, Leptoseris, Turbinaria, Merulina, ... «NatGeo News Watch, Mar 15»
3
Where the pepper queen ruled
The surroundings is a vast mosaic of green expanse ridden with coconut groves, paddy fields and foliaceous trees with rivulets and streams ... «Deccan Herald, Apr 14»
4
Offshore dredging severely impacts coral reefs
They tested the horizontal foliaceous species Montipora Aequituberculata and the upright branching species Acropora Millepora, both of which ... «Phys.Org, Sep 12»
5
PFDC Day One sets the fashion wheel in motion
Foliaceous. Nida Azwer did jungle fever with a twist. Instead of a call to the animal kingdom, this was a call to the jungle itself — to the barks ... «The Express Tribune, Oct 11»
6
Pfizer stops production and sales of Promeris flea and tick product
According to Veterinary Practice News, the study showed 22 cases of pemphigus foliaceous developed in dogs who were treated with Promeris ... «Examiner.com, Apr 11»
7
Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of …
Cephalocarids are tiny particle feeders with large cephalic shields, distinct pereons (thoraxes) with foliaceous swimming legs, and long, legless ... «Nature.com, Feb 10»
8
Former patient starts camp for kids with skin diseases
Tenconi, 24, was diagnosed at 11 with pemphigus foliaceous, a skin disease that threatened her life and eventually claimed most of her skin. «USA Today, Apr 08»

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