foliaceous

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant
2. 2.

   bearing numerous leaves

   Synonymsfoliosefoliaged

   Similarleafy
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsfoliatefoliated

   Similarstratified

Questions about foliaceous

What does foliaceous mean?

foliaceous means "of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in foliaceous?

foliaceous has 5 syllables and divides as fo-li-a-ce-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for foliaceous?

Close synonyms include foliose, foliaged, foliate, foliated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foliaceous a common word?

foliaceous is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.