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The manner in which the young leaves are dispo The . . . foliation must be in relation to the stem. De Quincey.

The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.

The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

Same as Prefoliation. Gray.

Vernation.

Excess of foliation. Sir T. Browne.

An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. Gwilt. Marsh cinquefoil, the Potentilla palustris, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray.

The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.

Having the power of causing exfoliation. -- n.

Same as Foliation.

An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils. [R.] See Foil.

wder, etc. See under Atlas, Baking, etc. -- Powder down (Zoöl.), the peculiar dust, or exfoliation, of powder-down feathers. -- Powder-down feather (Zoöl.), one of a peculiar kind of modified feathers which sometimes form patches on certain parts of some birds. They have a greasy texture and a scaly exfoliation. --…

An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.

Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil.

An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils.

t of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.