folium — meaning in English
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English meaning
- leaf noun A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch and carries out photosynthesis.
- needle noun A thin, sharp tool used for sewing, injections, acupuncture, or piercing.
- petal noun One of the often colorful, leaf-like parts that make up a flower's bloom.
- sheet noun A large piece of thin cloth used to cover a mattress or bed.
Senses
folium is used for these senses in English:
- leaf (publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
- leaf (programming, x86) A particular value of the EAX register when a program runs the CPUID instruction; each leaf represents a different category of information returned about the processor.
- needle (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
- petal (botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
- sheet A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
leaf — full definition
- noun A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch and carries out photosynthesis.
- noun A single sheet of paper in a book, counted as two pages (front and back).
- noun A thin, flat panel that can be added to a table to make it bigger, or one section of a hinged panel like a door.
- verb To grow leaves.
needle — full definition
- noun A thin, sharp tool used for sewing, injections, acupuncture, or piercing.
- noun A pointer on a dial, compass, or gauge.
- noun The thin, pointed leaf of certain conifer trees, such as pine.
- verb To tease or provoke someone persistently.