Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Plant leaves, especially tree leaves, considered as a group.
- n. A cluster of leaves.
- n. An ornamental representation of leaves, stems, and flowers, especially in architecture.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Leaves in general; especially, growing leaves, collectively, in their natural form and condition.
- n. A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; particularly, in architecture, the more or less conventionalized representation of leaves, flowers, and branches used to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. The leaves of plants.
- n. An architectural ornament representing foliage.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage.
- n. 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.
- v. rare To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
- n. the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
Etymologies
- From Middle French feuillage. (Wiktionary)
- Alteration (influenced by Latin folium, leaf) of Middle English foilage, from Old French foillage, from foille, leaf; see foil2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Like just about everything else in the Centennial State, Colorado has transformed fall foliage from a sedentary activity into active outdoor adventure.”
“The foliage is exceptional as well, a very dark shade of green that looks almost charcoal from a distance.”
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“They thrive in conditions from dry to shady woodland soil, and their foliage is semi-evergreen, so they hold their place in the garden overwinter.”
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“Its bright yellow foliage is evergreen and a nice pop of color in the winter garden.”
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“In October, the foliage is dulled a little but still lush, and pepped up by the cardinal vine, a feathery companion with tiny star blossoms.”
“I've used soapy water, ProTek, a citrus extract that repels insects, and diatomaceous earth applied while the foliage is wet.”
“But a campaign to save the 50ft tree, also known as a Chilean Pine, has been launched by residents, who insist the prickly foliage is not likely to present the same risk of spreading infectious diseases as a discarded syringe.”
“The idea of killer foliage is a relatively untapped sub-genre and the potential is huge.”
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“Any kind of yellow-green foliage is like a spotlight — it immediately attracts your eye.”
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“Variagated foliage is striking and a great way to add some pizazz to your garden.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘foliage’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Impressionism
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seascapes, landscapes, modern, impression, impressionist, contemporary, flicker, sensation, modernity, perceived, perceiving, momentary and 142 more...
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Leaves
phyllodial, phyllodium, phyllodineous, leaf, lamina, petiole, stoma, cuticle, stomata, apex, vein, craspedodromous and 122 more...
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EN - pronunciation fun
All words of the poem
The Chaos
by Gerard Nolst Trenité
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse <...abyss, ache, actual, advice, aerie, age, ague, aisles, alas, alien, alive, allowed and 406 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
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The -ages of Man(-age)
Trivet also has this list, which you should go see. And then I found this list, and this list...
manage, salvage, selvadge, savage, voyage, umbrage, entourage, homage, carriage, marriage, language, potage and 123 more...
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favorites, of all sorts
obscure, pretentious, debacle, vintage, ostentatious, damsel, plethora, requiem, memoir, loathe, lackadaisical, misanthropic and 82 more...
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folii-, folio-, -folious
leaf
foliiferous, foliolar, unifolious, foliage, folio, folium, foliar, foliation, foliaceous, foliate, foliature, foliose and 14 more...
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inquiryqueue's list
words delicious to pronounce
apostrophe, asphodel, anemone, cantaloupe, cantalevered, cardamom, coriander, petrichor, sycamore, luminous, tendril, peculiar and 122 more...
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Favorites
disparage, partisan, cupidity, hokum, tussle, odious, dastardly, overture, plane, chronic, peering, peer and 328 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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nominative case collection
wine stopper, pyre, roster, hamper, moleskin, elastic, pinnacle, facsimile, nook, plonk, contortionist, dismay and 342 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, F
felony, frolic, fend, fuselage, farthingale, freewheeling, frigorific, flummery, fancypants, felsitic, flagstone, flageolet and 295 more...
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Rilakkuma's list
The Velvetine Ruffians
gamine, waif, ruffian, villain, rake, libertine, velvetine, luminary, nom de plume, street urchin, epicurean, eventide and 256 more...
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