Relating to or derived from leaves, especially in the context of folic acid, a B vitamin found in leafy green vegetables.
From Latin 'folium' (leaf) plus '-ic,' the adjectival suffix; 'folic acid' was named because it was discovered in leafy vegetables and is essential for cell division.
Folic acid got its name because it comes from 'folio'—the folium—and pregnant people especially need it because it helps build DNA for their baby's rapidly dividing cells!
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