The state of being foliated; the process or result of creating leaves or layers; a foliated structure or arrangement.
From 'foliate' plus '-ure,' the noun-forming suffix (as in 'rupture,' 'structure'), creating a noun describing the result or state of being foliated.
This word is basically the abstract version of foliation—while foliation describes the actual layers in rock, foliature describes the whole phenomenon of layer-creation itself!
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