From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Foliage \Fo"li*age\, n. [OF. foillage, fueillage, F. feuillage,
fr. OF. foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium.
See 3d {Foil}, and cf. {Foliation}, {Filemot}.]
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1. Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature;
leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.
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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.
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{Foliage plant} (Bot.), any plant cultivated for the beauty
of its leaves, as many kinds of {Begonia} and {Coleus}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Foliage \Fo"li*age\, v. t.
To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form
into the representation of leaves. [R.] --Drummond.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foliage
n 1: the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in
higher plants [syn: {leaf}, {leafage}, {foliage}]
2: (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament [syn:
{foliation}, {foliage}]
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