foliose

1. 1.

   bearing numerous leaves

   Synonymsfoliaceousfoliaged

   Similarleafy

Questions about foliose

What does foliose mean?

foliose means "bearing numerous leaves".

How many syllables are in foliose?

foliose has 3 syllables and divides as fo-li-ose 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 foliose?

Close synonyms include foliaceous, foliaged. 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.