foliage
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English
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Etymology
From earlier foilage, from Late Middle English ffoylage, from Middle French feuillage. The more recent form is influenced by the Latin etymon folium.
Pronunciation
Noun
foliage (countable and uncountable, plural foliages)
- The leaves of plants.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168:
- 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.
- (short for) Fall foliage.
- An architectural ornament representing foliage.
Derived terms
Translations
the leaves of plants
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fall foliage — see autumn foliage
an architectural ornament