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Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike.

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  1. a. Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike.
  2. a. Consisting of leaves or thin laminae; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar.
  3. a. Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral.
  4. adj. of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant
  5. adj. bearing numerous leaves
  6. adj. (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
  7. 1. (Bot.) Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike. 2. (Min.) Consisting of leaves or thin laminæ; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar. 3. (Zoöl.) Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral.
  8. Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf;having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike.
  9. a. of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant s. bearing numerous leaves