Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foliage"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.]
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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Foliage \Fo"li*age\, v. t.
To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form
into the representation of leaves. [R.] --Drummond.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

foliage
n 1: the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher
plants [syn: {leaf}, {leafage}]
2: (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament [syn: {foliation}]


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