From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, adjective [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See {Foliage}.] (Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
{Foliate curve}. (Geom.) Same as {Folium}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Foliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foliating}.]
1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon.
2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital" [syn: {foliated}]
2: (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; "'foliate' is combined with the prefix 'tri' to form the word 'trifoliate'"
3: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata [syn: {foliated}, {foliaceous}]
verb
1: hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
3: coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
4: number the pages of a book or manuscript [syn: {paginate}, {page}]
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