[ad. L. foliōs-us, f. folium leaf: see -OUS.] Abounding in, or of the nature of, leaves; leafy, foliose.
1658. Sir T. Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, iii. 51. The folious and stalky emission distinguisheth herbs and trees. Ibid. (1682), Chr. Mor., II. iii. This moves sober Pens unto suspensory and timorous assertions, nor presently to obtrude them as Sibyls leaves, which after considerations may find to be but folious apparences, and not the central and vital interiours of Truth.
b. (See quot.)
1828. Webster, Folious, having leaves intermixed with flowers.
