folioseadj.
/fəʊlɪˈəʊs/ a. Having, or abounding in, leaves; leafy, folious.
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in (full) leafOE
leavedc1300
leavy?1440
leafya1522
leavish1530
leafed1552
fronded1640
folious1658
foliaceous1676
frondent1677
furnished1712
foliose1727
leaf-strewn1730
foliaged1816
foliiferous1828
frondous1828
frondiparous1866
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Foliose, full of Leaves.
1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 677 Linnæus has observed..a foliose lichen of this order.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 343 The foliose Junger-mannieæ.
b. = folious adj.2 b.
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1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
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