foliaceous in English

adjective
1
of or resembling a leaf or leaves.
The large elongated conical monopleurid, Petalodontiafelixi, has an exterior marked by strong foliaceous growth rugae and indistinct longitudinal ribs.
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1. Definition of Branchiopoda 1 : a subclass of crustacea comprising primitive aquatic forms typically having an elongated body, a carapace, and many pairs of foliaceous appendages and including the orders Anostraca, Notostraca, Conchostraca, and Cladocera 2 in …

2. Types of Autoimmune Blistering Skin Diseases Autoimmune Blistering skin diseases include: Pemphigus: A group of intraepidermal Blistering disorders that cause erosions and/or sores on the skin, mouth, throat, nose, eyes, scalp, or genitals (includes pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceous); Pemphigoid: A group of subepidermal Blistering disorders that cause vesicles, blisters, erosions

3. Bedded: 1 adj having a bed or beds as specified Synonyms: double-Bedded having a double bed single-Bedded having single beds twin-Bedded having twin beds Antonyms: bedless without a bed adj deposited or arranged in horizontal layers Synonyms: stratified foliaceous , foliate , foliated (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike

4. If the pistil be Apocarpous, and the carpels arranged spirally on an elevated thalamus, it then frequently happens that the carpels, especially the upper ones, become carried up with the prolonged axis, more widely separated one from the other than below, and particularly liable to undergo various petalloid or foliaceous changes as in proliferous _Roses_, _Potentilla_, &c.