Folious
1.
a combining form meaning “having leaves (of a specified number or type)”:
unifolious.
[foh-lee-ohs] /ˈfoʊ liˌoʊs/
adjective
1.
Botany. .
2.
Botany, Mycology. having a leaflike thallus loosely attached to a surface, as certain lichens.
Compare , .
/ˈfəʊlɪˌəʊs; -ˌəʊz/
adjective
1.
another word for foliaceous (sense 1), foliaceous (sense 2)
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