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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Foliage

Fō'li-age, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. foillage, fueillage, N. Fr. feuillage, from foille, fueille, fueil, feuille, Lat. folium, leaf; Sp. foliage, It. fogliame. Cf. FOIL.]

Sense 1. A collection of leaves as produced or arranged by nature; as, a tree of beautiful foliage.

Sense 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, and the like.

Fō'li-age, v. t.

verbtransitive

To work or to form into the representation of leaves; to furnish with leaves, or work in imitation of leaves. Drummond.