The Clue
Decorate with leaves (7 letter answer)
The Answer
FOLIATE
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Notes
The answer FOLIATE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
FOLIATE as a verb:
1. hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
2. decorate with leaves
3. coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
4. (foliate, paginate, page) = number the pages of a book or manuscript
5. grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
FOLIATE as an adjective:
1. (foliate, foliated) = ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
2. (often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; "`foliate' is combined with the prefix `tri' to form the word `trifoliate'"
3. (foliate, foliated, foliaceous) = (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata