fo·li·at·ed /-ˌetəd/
 葉片狀; 片狀
 Fo·li·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating ]
 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
 2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
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 Fo·li·a·ted a.
 1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.
 2. Arch. Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
 3. Min. Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
 4. Geol. Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.
 5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.
 Foliated telluium. Min. See Nagyagite.
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 foliated
      adj 1: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a
             foliated capital" [syn: foliate]
      2: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers
         or strata [syn: foliate, foliaceous]