foliole
[foh-lee-ohl]
/ ˈfoʊ liˌoʊl /
NOUN
leaf
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Example Sentences
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A pretty oval face with softly shadowed oblique eyes—looking shyly downward—and a wonderful maiden coiffure, in which the hair is arranged in bands and volutes and ellipses and convolutions and foliole curlings most beautiful and extraordinary.
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