meaning of foliated
1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.
2. Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
3. Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
4. 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.
6. of Foliate
7. especially of metamorphic rock having thin leaflike layers or strata
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