"Foliation" is a word in ENGLISH
The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.
The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged
in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See
Tracery.
The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and
quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.
The manner in which the young leaves are dispo/ed within
the bud.
The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of
dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure
of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes
include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually
independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding,
it having been produced by pressure.
The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf,
foil, or lamina.
The strangest thing was, as beautiful as I found her to be, she admitted that she wasn’t always comfortable in her own skin. I found that hard to believe until she explained herself. All of the sudden I was not so much in awe of her but found myself empathizing with her.
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A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed …
Read the complete definitionLying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf.
Read the complete definitionNeedle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.
Read the complete definitionScimeter-shaped; as, an acinaciform leaf.
Read the complete definitionSharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; …
Read the complete definitionn. plaster, bandage; poultice, anodyne; also, a piece of banana leaf placed over a pot of rice under the cover …
Read the complete definitionn. dry sheath of the banana leaf. --syn. see UBBAK.
Read the complete definitionThe exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve …
Read the complete definitionThe candied leaf stalks of angelica.
Read the complete definitionAn aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in …
Read the complete definitionStanding before a sepal, or calyx leaf.
Read the complete definitionn. a piece of cloth, paper, leaf, etc. that is spread on the floor, ground, table, bed, etc. v. /MANG-:-AN/ …
Read the complete definitionapát-apát - A plant that in its leaves resembles a four-leafed clover. Hence the name from ápat—four.
Read the complete definitionThe tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, …
Read the complete definitionTerminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
Read the complete definitionn. any leaf or pieces of leaf, usually of the banana, spread at the bottom of an earthen pot before …
Read the complete definitionA genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India …
Read the complete definitionn. dry leaf (of sugarcane, corn, etc.).
Read the complete definitionThe angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or …
Read the complete definitionbagángan - A kind of rhinoceros beetle that is very injurious to coconut plantations, etc.; a leaf-miner.
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