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Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium.

Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.

Having sharp-pointed leaves.

Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem.

Having narrow leaves. Wright.

Having rough leaves.

Having two leaves; two-leaved.

Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.

Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.

To separate and come off in scales or laminæ, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.

To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves. [R.] Howell.

To interleave. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Having broad leaves.

Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.

Four-leaved; having the leaves in whorls of four.

Having five leaves or leaflets. Gray.

Having three leaves or leaflets, as clover. See Illust. of Shamrock.

A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida).

A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.

A citrous fruit produced by a cross between the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata). It is more acid and has a more pronounced aroma than the orange; the tree is hardier. There are several varieties.