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FOLIUM (folia)

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Irregular inflected form: folia  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does folium mean? 

FOLIUM (noun)
  The noun FOLIUM has 1 sense:

1. a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rockplay

  Familiarity information: FOLIUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOLIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("folium" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Derivation:

foliaceous ((especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata)


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