Etymology

foliose

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Today it means: Leafy or leaflike. Full definition →

Latin foli(ō)
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  1. Latin · derived fromfoliōsus“leafy”
  2. Latin · derived fromfoli(ō)“leaf”
  3. English todayfoliose

From Latin foli(ō) (“leaf”) + -ose, from Latin foliōsus (“leafy”), from foliō (“leaf”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.