foliate

verb

grow leaves

number the pages of a book or manuscript

coat or back with metal foil

decorate with leaves

hammer into thin flat foils

adjective

(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata

(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves

ornamented with foliage or foils

Roots

foliumfoli- · Latin · leaf atus-ate · Latin · having, provided with

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