| Foliated 1. (imp. & p. p.) of Foliate. 2. (a.) Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell. 3. (a.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch. 4. (a.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure. 5. (a.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose. 6. (a.) Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. Thesaurus Entries bowery, branched, branching, branchy, filmy, foliaceous, foliaged, foliate, foliose, in layers, lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminated, laminous, leaflike, leafy, leaved, leavy, membranous, ramate, ramified, ramose, ramous, scummy, spathic, spathose, stratified, stratiform, three-ply, twiggy, two-ply |