Folium

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A leaf, ·esp. a thin leaf or plate.

II. Folium ·noun A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x3 + y3 = axy.

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folium
fŏlĭum, ii, n. [Gr. φύλλον, for φυλyον; cf. alius, ἄλλος; root prob. φλα-, φλασμός; Lat. flos, Flora...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
folium
folium ī, n FLA-, a leaf (of a plant): in arboribus folia: foliis ex arboribus strictis, Cs.: amar...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary