You'd think that something foliated was something covered in leaves, but it isn't. Not really. Something foliated is covered in something that looks like leaves, but probably aren't real ones.
It might be part of a building:
a foliate capital, photo by Richard Croft
or it might describe a kind of rock that's formed of layers:
Gneiss. Photo by Siim Sepp
or the word foliated might describe anything else that looks leafy, like this:
photo of a leafy sea dragon by drold
or this:
Spot the Frippet: something foliated. This word comes from the Latin word foliātus, leafed or leafy.
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