FOLIOUS

Etymology

Adjective

folious (comparative more folious, superlative most folious)

Like a leaf; thin; insubstantial.

(botany) foliose

Source: Wiktionary


Fo"li*ous (, a. Etym: [See Foliose.]

1. Like a leaf; thin; unsubstantial. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Foliose. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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