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foliaceous

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10 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted acefiloosuStarts with FEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Latin foliaceus, from folium (“a leaf”).

Used in a sentence

  • I have one specimen, in which the primary crystals are siliceous, the secondary thin foliaceous crystals of deep red but transparent iron-ore, forming elegant figures, that have the form of roses.
  • The bitter principle contained in the root, wood and bark was discovered by Blunse who named it samaderin; it is a white, crystalline, foliaceous substance, more soluble in water than in alcohol, fusible.

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