Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foliaceous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: fo-li-a-ceous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a leaf or leaves.

adj

Bearing leaves.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: foliaceus

Inflected Forms

more foliaceous (comparative) most foliaceous (superlative)

Derived Forms

extrafoliaceous foliaceousness interfoliaceous intrafoliaceous suprafoliaceous

Synonyms

leaflike leafy foliate leaved foliated foliose foliaged

Questions

What does foliaceous mean?: Resembling a leaf or leaves.
Where does foliaceous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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