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foliage

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Etymology

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From earlierfoilage, from LateMiddle Englishffoylage, fromMiddle Frenchfeuillage. The more recent form is influenced byLatinfolium(leaf).

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foliage (countable anduncountable,pluralfoliages)

  1. Theleaves ofplants.
    Synonym:leafage
    • 1907 August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, inThe Younger Set, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC,page168:
      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 thefoliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  2. (short for)Fall foliage.
  3. Anarchitecturalornamentrepresenting foliage.

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the leaves of plants
fall foliageseeautumn foliage
an architectural ornament

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