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Foliate

Foliate | Foliated

Foliate meaning

Of or relating to leaves. | Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike. | Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.

Example sentences (2)

The surviving evidence points to Winchester and Canterbury as the leading centres of manuscript art in the second half of the 10th century: they developed colourful paintings with lavish foliate borders, and coloured line drawings.

This shape lent itself to a wide variety of superficial treatments, sometimes foliate in imitation of the source, but often figurative.