foliar

F4O1L1I1A1R1

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or via the leaves.

OriginLatin foliāris →
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Meanings

adjectivefoliar (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, pertaining to, or via the leaves.

    Warming (1870) (69) is confident that it is not an independent foliar appendage, for ontogenetic proof, analogy to other genera, and the course of vascular strands indicate that it is a foliar organ which is closely allied to the involucre.

    1924, Julia Moesel Haber, The Anatomy and the Morphology of the Flower of Euphorbia, page 116
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to the folia of the cerebellum.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
foliate

Origin

  1. Latinfoliāris
  2. Englishfoliar

From Latin foliāris. By surface analysis, foli(um) + -ar.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

FloriaFailor
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APA

foliar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foliar

MLA

“foliar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foliar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foliar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foliar.

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