Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Foliate \Fo"li*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foliated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Foliating}.]
   1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. --Bacon.

   2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver;
      as, to foliate a looking-glass.

Foliated \Fo"li*a`ted\, a.
   1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated
      shell.

   2. (Arch.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a
      foliated arch.

   3. (Min.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates
      or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.

   4. (Geol.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of
      laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica
      schist, etc.; schistose.

   5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.

   {Foliated telluium}. (Min.) See {Nagyagite}.

Source : WordNet®

foliated
     adj 1: ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a
            foliated capital" [syn: {foliate}]
     2: (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers
        or strata [syn: {foliate}, {foliaceous}]