Definition of Foliate
Adjective: foliate 'fow-lee,eyt
- (architecture) ornamented with foliage or foils
"foliate tracery";
- foliated
- (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'"
- (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
- foliated, foliaceous
- Hammer into thin flat foils
"foliate metal"
- Decorate with leaves
- Coat or back with metal foil
"foliate glass"
- Number the pages of a book or manuscript
- paginate, page
- Grow leaves
"the tree foliated in Spring"
Anagrams containing the word foliate