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Webster 1913 Edition
Foliage
Fo′li-age
,Noun.
1.
Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage;
as, a tree or forest of beautiful
. foliage
2.
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
.Fo′li-age
,Verb.
T.
To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves.
[R.]
Drummond.
Webster 1828 Edition
Foliage
FO'LIAGE
,Noun.
1.
Leaves in general; as a tree of beautiful foliage.2.
A cluster of leaves, flowers and branches; particularly, the representation of leaves, flowers and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, &c.FO'LIAGE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2025
foliage
foliage
English
Alternative forms
- (dialectal, nonstandard) foilage
Noun
foliage (countable and uncountable, plural foliages)
- The leaves of plants.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter V”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
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- (short for) Fall foliage.
- An architectural ornament representing foliage.
Translations
the leaves of plants
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