Meaning & use
Foliated
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Having a leaflike structure or shape; decorated with leaf-shaped or leaflike ornamentation; or, in geology, composed of thin, parallel layers.
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The cathedral's stone arches were foliated with intricate carved leaves.
Slate and schist are foliated rocks, splitting easily along their layered planes.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'folium' (leaf); in geology it describes rock texture, while in art and architecture it describes leaf-motif decoration.
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2. adjective
Made of thin layers or sheets, as certain metamorphic rocks.
The foliated gneiss revealed bands of light and dark minerals.
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