foliate

Adjective

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

• (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves
  • `foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'
    

• ornamented with foliage or foils
  • foliate tracery
    
  • a foliated capital
    

Verb

• grow leaves
  • the tree foliated in Spring
    

• number the pages of a book or manuscript

• coat or back with metal foil
  • foliate glass
    

• decorate with leaves

• hammer into thin flat foils
  • foliate metal
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  foliated , foliaceous , paginate , page