folium
A leaf of a codex or manuscriptA leaf (2 pages) of a codex or manuscript.
Meaning
10 senses(countable, rare, uncountable)A leaf.
(countable, uncountable)A leaf (2 pages) of a codex or manuscript.
(countable, uncountable)A document that acts as the legal record of a transaction.
A document that acts as the legal record of a transaction.
(countable, especially, uncountable)A certificate of title.
(countable, uncountable)A thin sheet or plate of a foliated rock or mineral.
a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
(countable, uncountable)A lobe on a branching structure.
A lobe on a branching structure.
(countable, uncountable)A leaf-like protrusion or lobule on one of the vermes of the cerebellum.
(countable, uncountable)A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop.
(uncountable)Synonym of turnsole (“purple dye”).
(countable, uncountable)A symmetric pattern on the abdomen of some spiders.
Origin
From Latin folium (“leaf”). Doublet of foil and folio, distantly also with phyllo and phylFrom Latin folium (“leaf”). Doublet of foil and folio, distantly also with phyllo and phyllon.
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Forms
plural: foliums / foliaSynonyms
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2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable