interfoliate
English
Etymology
From inter- + Latin folium (“leaf”).
Adjective
interfoliate (not comparable)
- Between leaves or leaf-like structures.
- 1899, David White, Fossil Flora of the Lower Coal Measures of Missouri, page 235:
- Another interesting feature in the species before us is the presence of interfoliate scars similar to those of other species of Sigillaria, especially the Tessellata and Facularia groups.
- 2004, Pierre Davet, Microbial Ecology of Soil and Plant Growth, page 6:
- The layers are separated by gaps, the interfoliate spaces. The ensemble consituted by a layer and an interfoliate space constitutes the structural unit of clay.
- 2016, Thierry A. G. M. Huisman, Andrea Poretti, The Pediatric Cerebellum, page 380:
- The primary fissure (arrow) and other interfoliate fissures are closed. Mild vermian volume loss and progressive chiasmatic atrophy (open arrow) are seen (B) on follow-up. The interfoliate fissures of the anterior vermian lobule, above the primary fissure (arrow), are open, whereas those below are closed.
Verb
interfoliate (third-person singular simple present interfoliates, present participle interfoliating, simple past and past participle interfoliated)
- To interleave.
- August 7 1696, John Evelyn, letter to Mr. Place
- I will take care to send you with my interfoliated copy
- 2016, André Jansson, Amanda Lagerkvist, Strange Spaces:
- interfoliating her narratives with descriptions of her troubles with her dress, chafed feet, sweating,
- August 7 1696, John Evelyn, letter to Mr. Place
References
- “interfoliate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
interfoliate
- inflection of interfoliare:
- second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
interfoliate f pl
- feminine plural of interfoliato
Anagrams
Spanish
Verb
interfoliate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of interfoliar combined with te