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FOLIUM
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Irregular inflected form: folia
I. (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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