noun
- a growing of or developing into a leaf or leaves; leaf formation
- the state of being in leaf
- the way leaves are arranged in the bud; vernation
- the act or process of beating metal into layers
- a splitting into leaflike layers: said of certain minerals
- the property of splitting into such layers
- such layers
- the process of backing glass as with metal foil to make a mirror
- the consecutive numbering of leaves, rather than pages, of a book
- a decorating with leaflike ornamentation
- a leaflike decoration consisting of small arcs or foils
Origin:
ML foliatio: see foliate