foliose adjective.
['fǝʊlɪǝʊz] E18.[Latin foliosus, from folium leaf: see -OSE1.]Leafy;
spec. (a) (of a liverwort) having the plant body differentiated into a stem and leaves (opp.
thalloid);
(b) (of a lichen) in which the thallus is lobed and leaflike and attached to the substrate by rhizoids (opp.
crustose,
fruticose).
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