Definitions
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- adjective Producing leaves.
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- adjective Producing
leaves .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The naked branches of foliferous trees stood out distinctly against the thin air, and little streamlets gurgled alongside the line.
Jenny: A Novel 1921
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Their elevation is about a thousand feet, and they are covered to their summits with dense forests of foliferous and coniferous trees.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865
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Cliffs and hills frequently extend to the water on the Chinese shore, most of the land being covered with forests of foliferous trees.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865
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The forest was in the mellow tints of autumn, and the wide expanse of foliferous trees, dotted at frequent intervals with the evergreen pine, rivalled the October hues of our
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865
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