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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: foliage n 1: the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants [syn: {leaf}, {leafage}] 2: (architecture) leaf-like decoration [syn: {foliation}]
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