a. [ad. L. foliōs-us. f. folium leaf: see -OSE.] Having, or abounding in, leaves; leafy, folious.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Foliose, full of Leaves.
1758. Phil. Trans., L. 677. The same author [Linnæus] has observed of a foliose lichen belonging to this order, that it will thrive on all kinds of rocks except limestone rocks.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 343. In the foliose Jungermannieæ and in the Mosses not only the antheridia but also the archegonia may be formed from the apical cell of the shoot or from segments of it.
b. = FOLIOUS a.2 b.
1864. in Webster.
