grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring" number the pages of a book or manuscript coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass" decorate with leaves hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal" (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata (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'" ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital
(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'"