Foliate vs Foliolate - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between foliate and foliolate

is that foliate is of or relating to leaves while foliolate is of or pertaining to leaflets of a plant.

is to form into leaves.

(en adjective)

of or relating to leaves

shaped like a leaf

(geology) foliated

* subfoliate

(en-verb)

To form into leaves.

To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.

(Francis Bacon)

To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver.

to foliate a looking-glass

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(-)

Of or pertaining to leaflets of a plant.

(Gray)

(Webster 1913)