Definition of foliating:
(adj) :
Of or relating to leaves.
(adj) :
Shaped like or otherwise resembling a leaf; leaflike.
(adj) :
(botany) Of a plant: having leaves.
(adj) :
(botany) Of a leaf: having a (certain number of) leaflets.
(v) :
(intransitive) (botany) Of a plant: to produce leaves.
(adj) :
(geology) Synonym of foliated (“of a rock: having a structure of thin layers”).