foliate, foliated, foliaceous
(adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
foliate, foliated
(adjective) ornamented with foliage or foils; “foliate tracery”; “a foliated capital”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
foliated (not comparable)
(geology, of a rock) Having a structure of thin layers.
(architecture) Decorated with foliage.
(music) Having notes added above or below, as in a plain-song melody.
foliated
simple past tense and past participle of foliate
Source: Wiktionary
Fo"li*a`ted, a.
1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
3. (Min.)
Definition: Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
4. (Geol.)
Definition: Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.
5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite.
Fo"li*ate (, a. Etym: [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.] (Bot.)
Definition: Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium.
Fo"li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating.]
1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon.
2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
