foliaceæ

pl. [Fem. pl. of Lat. foliaceus.] [FOLIACEOUS.] Bot .: A division of Cellulares, or cellular plants, comprehending the foliaceous orders Filices, Equisetaceæ, Lycopodineæ, and Marsilacese. It was distinguished from the Aphylle, containing the Mo es, Lichens, Alge, Fungi, . fō-li-ā-çě-oŭs (or ceo us as shus), a. [Latin foliaceus leafy, leaf-shaped.] 1. Botany : (1) Having the texture of a leaf. (2) Leaf-shaped; furnished with leaves. 2. Min .: Having thin lamine, like the leaves of plants, or splitting into such layers. "A piece of another, consisting of an outer crust, of a ruddy talcky spar, and a blue talcky foliaceous spar."Woodward: On Fo ils. 3. Zool.: Shaped or arranged like leaves. ( Owen.) foliaceous-lichens, s. pl. Bot.: A name sometimes given to lichens with leafy fronds. [LICHEN.]