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foliose

/foh-lee-ohs/US // ˈfoʊ liˌoʊs //UK // (ˈfəʊlɪˌəʊs, -ˌəʊz) //

褶皱的,褶皱,褶子状,褶皱状

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Botany. leafy.
    • : Botany, Mycology. having a leaflike thallus loosely attached to a surface, as certain lichens.Compare crustose, fruticose.

Examples

  • The thallus is plainly foliose with the margins of the lobes usually ascending and is gray-green to brown in color.

  • Blasia pusilla, which occurs commonly by ditches and streams, affords a transition to the foliose types.

  • The leaves and stem of the foliose forms effect the same division of labour in another way.

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