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foliage

/ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/US/ˈfoʊliɪd͡ʒ/

foliage noun: the leaves of plants.

Noun

foliage (countable and uncountable, plural foliages)

  1. The leaves of plants.
    • 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...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 168
    Synonyms:
    leafage
  2. An architectural ornament representing foliage.

foliage meaning in Hindi, Tagalog and Malay

foliage in Hindi

the leaves of plants
पर्णसमूह parṇasmūh

foliage in Tagalog

the leaves of plants
kadahunan

foliage in Malay

the leaves of plants
dedaun

Examples of foliage in a sentence

  • The foliage is out of control and needs to be cut back.
  • The candelabra-tree, with its silver-tinted foliage, is one of the beauties of this charming Brazilian garden.
  • On top of it, partially hidden between the foliage, two humans and a halfling pulled their bows.

All 40 example sentences with foliage

Synonyms of foliage

Forms of foliage

pluralfoliages
alternative form (nonstandard, archaic, dialectal)foilage
alternative form (archaic)feuillage

Origin of foliage

From earlier foilage, from Late Middle English ffoylage, from Middle French feuillage. The more recent form is influenced by Latin folium (“leaf”).

Words formed from foliage

Phrases with foliage

Questions about foliage

What does foliage mean?
Foliage means the leaves of plants.
What is foliage in Hindi?
Foliage in Hindi is पर्णसमूह (parṇasmūh). See Foliage meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is foliage?
Foliage is a noun.
How do you pronounce foliage?
Foliage is pronounced /ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of foliage?
The plural of foliage is foliages.

Words near foliage in the dictionary

  1. FOLHC
  2. folia
  3. foliaceous
  4. foliaceousness
  5. foliachrome
  6. foliage
  7. foliage leaf
  8. foliage leaves
  9. foliage-gleaner
  10. foliage-gleaners
  11. foliaged

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