Resembling or having the nature of leaves; leaf-like in appearance or texture.
From Latin 'foliaceous' derived from 'folium' (leaf) plus '-aceous' (having the nature of), a common suffix in scientific description that means 'resembling or full of.'
This word appears in geology to describe shale and minerals that split into leaf-like layers—rocks that literally look like they're made of stone leaves!
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