foliation noun. [fǝʊlɪ'eɪʃ(ǝ)n] E17.
[from FOLIATE adjective, verb: see -ATION.]
1. The process of bursting into leaf; the state of being in leaf. Also, a leaflike process or (formerly) scale. E17.
b. The petals of a flower. L17-M18.
c. Botany. Arrangement of leaves in bud; vernation. L18.

2. Decoration of an arch etc. with foils; tracery made up of foils. E19.
b. An arrangement of carved foliage. L19.

3. Geology. The process or property of splitting into leaflike sheets or laminae; the laminae into which a crystalline rock divides. M19.

4. The consecutive numbering of the leaves in a book or manuscript. M19.

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