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fo·li·age

(fō′lē-ĭj, fō′lĭj)

a. Plant leaves, especially tree leaves, considered as a group.

b. A cluster of leaves.

2. An ornamental representation of leaves, stems, and flowers, especially in architecture.

[Alteration (influenced by Latin folium, leaf) of Middle English foilage, from Old French foillage, from foille, leaf; see foil².]

fo′li·aged adj.

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foliage

(ˈfəʊlɪɪdʒ)

1. (Botany) the green leaves of a plant

2. sprays of leaves used for decoration

3. (Art Terms) an ornamental leaflike design

[C15: from Old French fuellage, from fuelle leaf; influenced in form by Latin folium]

ˈfoliaged adj

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fo•li•age

(ˈfoʊ li ɪdʒ)

n.

1. the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.

2. leaves in general.

3. the ornamental representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, as in architecture.

[1400–50; late Middle English foilage < Middle French fueillage, foillage, derivative of feuille leaf. See foil², -age]

fo′li•aged, adj.

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Noun	1.	foliage - the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants leaf, leafage venation - (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf cataphyll - a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development floral leaf - a modified leaf that is part of a flower dandelion green - the foliage of the dandelion plant pitcher - (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus sporophyl, sporophyll - leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia parenchyma - the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems blade, leaf blade - especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole amplexicaul leaf - a leaf with its base clasping the stem greenery, verdure - green foliage leaflet - part of a compound leaf frond - compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad pad - the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily) scale leaf, scale - a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin fig leaf - a leaf from a fig tree simple leaf - a leaf that is not divided into parts compound leaf - a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk entire leaf - a leaf having a smooth margin without notches or indentations crenate leaf - a leaf having a scalloped margin serrate leaf - a leaf having a margin notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex dentate leaf - a leaf having a toothed margin emarginate leaf - a leaf having a notch at the apex erose leaf - a leaf having a jagged margin as though gnawed runcinate leaf - a leaf having incised margins with the lobes or teeth curved toward the base; as a dandelion leaf lobed leaf - a leaf having deeply indented margins lobe - (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided parallel-veined leaf - a leaf whose veins run in parallel from the stem parted leaf - a leaf having margins incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes prickly-edged leaf - a leaf having prickly margins rosette - a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground) leaf form, leaf shape - any of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume
	2.	foliage - (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament foliation architectural ornament - (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

Translations

أوراق الشَّجَر

listy

bladeløv

lomb

lauf

fogliame

lapija

lapotne

bladverk løv

lístielisty

yapraklar

叶子

foliage

[ˈfəʊlɪɪdʒ] N → follaje m, hojas fpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

foliage

[ˈfəʊliɪdʒ] n [plant] → feuillage mfolic acid [ˌfəʊlɪkˈæsɪd] n → acide m folique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

foliage

n → Blätter pl; (of tree also) → Laub(werk) nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

foliage

[ˈfəʊlɪɪdʒ] n → fogliame m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

foliage

(ˈfouliidʒ) noun

leaves. This plant has dark foliage.

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The different pieces were thrown out, one after the other, and they disappeared below, making huge gaps in the foliage of the sycamores.

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A shower of snow fell upon them, and, finding the Olive full of foliage, it settled upon its branches and broke them down with its weight, at once despoiling it of its beauty and killing the tree.

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But these unfailing signs of the supernatural are partly concealed and greatly softened by the abundant foliage of a large vine overrunning the entire structure.

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But what neither the Swedes nor the baboons saw was the half-naked figure of a youth hidden in the foliage of a nearby tree.

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The curtain of jungle foliage rustled close at hand.

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The cat sprang nimbly up a tree, and sat down at the top of it, where the branches and foliage quite concealed her.

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Sad and pale the Autumn moonlight Through the sighing foliage streams; And each morning, midnight shadow, Shadow of my sorrow seems; Strive, 0 heart, forget thine idol!

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The light of the half moon fell ghostly through the foliage of trees in spots and patches, revealing much that was unsightly, and the black shadows seemed conspiracies withholding to the proper time revelations of darker import.

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I had crossed a marshy tract full of willows, bulrushes, and odd, outlandish, swampy trees; and I had now come out upon the skirts of an open piece of undulating, sandy country, about a mile long, dotted with a few pines and a great number of contorted trees, not unlike the oak in growth, but pale in the foliage, like willows.

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A handsome carriage, drawn by a sleek pair of New Holland horses, carried Phileas Fogg and Aouda into the midst of rows of palms with brilliant foliage, and of clove-trees, whereof the cloves form the heart of a half-open flower.

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The little river which turned sharply in its course, and was thus immediately lost to sight, seemed to have no exit from its prison, but to be absorbed by the deep green foliage of the trees to the east -- while in the opposite quarter (so it appeared to me as I lay at length and glanced upward) there poured down noiselessly and continuously into the valley, a rich golden and crimson waterfall from the sunset fountains of the sky.