FOLIAGE

foliation, foliage

(noun) (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament

leaf, leafage, foliage

(noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

foliage (countable and uncountable, plural foliages)

The leaves of plants.

(short for) Fall foliage.

An architectural ornament representing foliage.

Anagrams

• foilage

Source: Wiktionary


Fo"li*age, n. Etym: [OF. foillage, fueillage, F. feuillage, fr. OF. foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium. See 3d Foil, and cf. Foliation, Filemot.]

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, v. t.

Definition: To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. [R.] Drummond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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