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English Dictionary: foliage by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foliage
n
  1. the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
    Synonym(s): leaf, leafage, foliage
  2. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
    Synonym(s): foliation, 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.
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