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/fˈoʊlɪdʒ/ /fˈoʊliɪdʒ/ Listen

noun

Foliage n.

Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.

A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc.

Foliage plant (Bot.), any plant cultivated for the beauty of its leaves, as many kinds of Begonia and Coleus.

verb

Foliage v. t. To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Foliage'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Foliage" Quotes from Famous Books

... part of the grotto where the foliage was thickest, still however securing a place from which he could observe all that took place in the ...

— Frederick the Great and His Court • L. Muhlbach

... strong curve on two sides as they descend upon it with their rivers, and the bosom of the city projects, while the head appears bending gracefully backward. Many castles are in view of it; the loud and tameless Passeyr girdles it with an emerald cincture; there is a sea of arched vineyard foliage ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... creek we found the first specimen of an eucalyptus, which has a very different appearance from the members of the gum-tree race. It grows as high as a good-sized gum tree, but with the branches less spreading: in shape it much resembles the elm; the foliage is dark, like that of the light wood; the trunk and branches are covered with a grey bark resembling in outward appearance that of the box tree. Finding that the creek was trending too much to the eastward, we struck off to the north again, and at a short distance came on a fine creek running ...

— Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia • William John Wills

... narcissus, sweetwilliams, stocks, cactus, and pinks; and to these may be added lemon trees and orange trees laden with their golden fruit. As evening wore on a strong gale burst upon the shore, and Christmas Day closed amongst waving foliage and clanging doors and clouds of dust, and the fierce thud of angry surf upon ...

— Christmas: Its Origin and Associations - Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries • William Francis Dawson

... Majesty's 4th Regt., dropped anchor in the beautiful harbour of Cove; the sea shone under the purple light of the rising sun with a rich rosy hue, beautifully in contrast with the different tints of the foliage of the deep woods already tinged with the brown of autumn. Spike Island lay "sleeping upon its broad shadow," and the large ensign which crowns the battery was wrapped around the flag-staff, there not being even air enough to stir it. It was still so early, that but few persons were abroad; and ...

— The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete • Charles James Lever (1806-1872)

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