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foliose(dictionary)

foliose (iou)



foliose adjective. E18.
[Latin foliosus, from folium leaf: see -OSE1.]
Leafy; spec. (a) (of a liverwort) having the plant body differentiated into a stem and leaves (opp. thalloid); (b) (of a lichen) in which the thallus is lobed and leaflike and attached to the substrate by rhizoids (opp. crustose, fruticose).