foliage

Definitions

noun

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 scarlet flames athwart the pines.

2

Fall foliage.

3

An architectural ornament representing foliage.

Collocations

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(noun.)

ADJ

bright

dense, heavy, luxuriant

dead

evergreen, year-round

grassy

spring, summer, etc.

tropical

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament

foliation

noun — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher

leaf
leafage

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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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 be

Wiktionary

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The trees have exuberant foliage.

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In the country, the colors of the sky and of the foliage are entirely different from those seen in the city.

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The fawn blended seamlessly into the foliage.

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Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

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The foliage is very dense.

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