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Meaning of foliate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  foliate
      adj 1: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a
             foliated capital" [syn: {foliate}, {foliated}]
      2: (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'"
      3: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers
         or strata [syn: {foliate}, {foliated}, {foliaceous}]
      v 1: hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
      2: decorate with leaves
      3: coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
      4: number the pages of a book or manuscript [syn: {foliate},
         {paginate}, {page}]
      5: grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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