Foliose Definition

fōlē-ōs
adjective
Covered with leaves; leafy.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or resembling a leaf.
American Heritage
Of or relating to a lichen whose thallus is flat and leafy.
American Heritage

Leafy.

Wiktionary
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Origin of Foliose

  • Latin foliōsus from folium leaf folium

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin foliosus (“leafy”), from folio (“leaf”)

    From Wiktionary

Foliose Sentence Examples

  • Lower infralittoral Sparse kelp park, dominated by foliose algae except where grazed.

  • The orange foliose lichen in the close-up is Xanthoria parietina.

  • Seaweed distribution, especially foliose red algae has also changed because light can no longer penetrate as far.

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