interfoliate

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ Latin folium (leaf).

Adjective

interfoliate (not comparable)

  1. 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)

  1. 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,

References

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

interfoliate

  1. inflection of interfoliare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

interfoliate f pl

  1. feminine plural of interfoliato

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

interfoliate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of interfoliar combined with te