superfoliation

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noun

excess of foliation

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Meanings

nounsuperfoliation (countable and uncountable, plural superfoliations)

plural superfoliations

  1. countablerareuncountablebiologyexcess of foliation

    the disease of[…]εμφυλλισμός , Or superfoliation mentioned by Theophrastus

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

From super- + foliation.

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APA

superfoliation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superfoliation

MLA

“superfoliation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superfoliation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superfoliation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superfoliation.

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