Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a leaf or leaves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of or pertaining to leaves; inserted in, proceeding from, or resembling a leaf: as, foliar appendages.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves.
- adjective (Bot.) an opening in the fibrovascular system of a stem at the point of origin of a leaf.
- adjective (Bot.) a particular fibrovascular bundle passing down into the stem from a leaf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or via the
leaves
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Wondering if a hidden cause of what appeared to be moisture stress might actually be nutrient deficiencies, I tried spraying liquid fertilizer directly on these gnarly leaves, a practice called foliar feeding.
Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway Steve Solomon
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We've started adding a pelletized amendment called Pre-Plant Plus as well as doing foliar feeding with fish and kelp meal.
Dave Snyder: Uncommon Ground Rooftop Farm Report: God Bless America 2010
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“There was very little foliar damage, but strangely (we have) some damaged berries that are already drying on the vine and are falling off,” he said.
How the HAIL are Long Island vineyards dealing with this crazy weather? 2008
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“There was very little foliar damage, but strangely (we have) some damaged berries that are already drying on the vine and are falling off,” he said.
LENNDEVOURS: 2008
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If you can, avoid watering the foliage in favor of the soil, to avoid foliar diseases.
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We've started adding a pelletized amendment called Pre-Plant Plus as well as doing foliar feeding with fish and kelp meal.
Dave Snyder: Uncommon Ground Rooftop Farm Report: God Bless America 2010
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Gardener's notes: feeding your rosesRoses appreciate aspring feed and mulch, but the disease resistance and recurrent blooming of the English roses is enhanced by foliar feeding in the growing season.
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Apart from the watering and organic fertilizing of these plants, he gives them a foliar spray with Epsom salts, which promotes vigorous growth and heavy fruiting.
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Uncle Tom's Rose Tonic contains potassium phosphite and has good fungicidal properties, while SB Plant Invigorator is a foliar feed with fungicidal and pesticidal properties.
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He then gave the young plants a foliar feed of compost tea and another of Epsom salts.
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