foliose

adj

adj

Etymology From Latin foli(ō) (“leaf”) + -ose, from Latin foliōsus (“leafy”), from foliō (“leaf”).

Leafy or leaflike.

Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84:

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