Synonyms for Foliate & Similar Words
Definition of foliate
- adjective
- ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
- (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
5 synonyms found
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