What does Foliage mean?
Definitions for Foliage
ˈfoʊ li ɪdʒfo·liage
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Princeton's WordNet
leaf, leafage, foliagenoun
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
foliation, foliagenoun
(architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
Wiktionary
foliagenoun
The leaves of plants
foliagenoun
An architectural ornament representing foliage.
Etymology: From feuillage.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Foliagenoun
Leaves; tufts of leaves; the apparel of leaves to a plant.
Etymology: folium, Latin; feuillage, French.
The great columns are finely engraven with fruits and foliage, that run twisting about them from the very top to the bottom. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
When swelling buds their od’rous foliage shed,
And gently harden into fruit, the wise
Spare not the little offsprings, if they grow
Redundant. Phillips.
Wikipedia
foliage
A leaf is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, flower, and fruit collectively form the shoot system. In most leaves, the primary photosynthetic tissue is the palisade mesophyll and is located on the upper side of the blade or lamina of the leaf but in some species, including the mature foliage of Eucalyptus, palisade mesophyll is present on both sides and the leaves are said to be isobilateral. Most leaves are flattened and have distinct upper (adaxial) and lower (abaxial) surfaces that differ in color, hairiness, the number of stomata (pores that intake and output gases), the amount and structure of epicuticular wax and other features. Leaves are mostly green in color due to the presence of a compound called chlorophyll that is essential for photosynthesis as it absorbs light energy from the sun. A leaf with lighter-colored or white patches or edges is called a variegated leaf. Leaves can have many different shapes, sizes, textures and colors. The broad, flat leaves with complex venation of flowering plants are known as megaphylls and the species that bear them, the majority, as broad-leaved or megaphyllous plants, which also includes acrogymnosperms and ferns. In the lycopods, with different evolutionary origins, the leaves are simple (with only a single vein) and are known as microphylls. Some leaves, such as bulb scales, are not above ground. In many aquatic species, the leaves are submerged in water. Succulent plants often have thick juicy leaves, but some leaves are without major photosynthetic function and may be dead at maturity, as in some cataphylls and spines. Furthermore, several kinds of leaf-like structures found in vascular plants are not totally homologous with them. Examples include flattened plant stems called phylloclades and cladodes, and flattened leaf stems called phyllodes which differ from leaves both in their structure and origin. Some structures of non-vascular plants look and function much like leaves. Examples include the phyllids of mosses and liverworts.
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foliage
Foliage refers to the leaves of a plant or tree, or collectively to all the plant leaves in a particular area. It can also refer to a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for ornamentation in art or architecture.
Webster Dictionary
Foliagenoun
leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage
Foliagenoun
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
Foliageverb
to adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves
Etymology: [OF. foillage, fueillage, F. feuillage, fr. OF. foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium. See 3d Foil, and cf. Foliation, Filemot.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Foliage
fō′lī-āj, n. leaves: a cluster of leaves: (archit.) a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches used for ornamentation.—adjs. Fō′liaged, worked like foliage; Fō′liar, pertaining to leaves: resembling leaves.—v.t. Fō′liāte (orig.), to beat into a leaf: to cover with leaf-metal.—adj. Fō′liāted, beaten into a thin leaf: decorated with leaf ornaments: (mus.) having notes added above or below, as in a plain-song melody.—ns. Fō′liātion, the leafing, esp. of plants: the act of beating a metal into a thin plate, or of spreading foil over a piece of glass to form a mirror: (geol.) the alternating and more or less parallel layers or folia of different mineralogical nature, of which the crystalline schists are composed: (archit.) decoration with cusps, lobes, or foliated tracery; Fō′liature, foliation. [O. Fr. fueillage—L. folium, a leaf.]
Editors Contribution
foliage
A specific element of a plant.
Florists use a variety of foliage for their bouquets.
Submitted by MaryC on February 20, 2020
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Foliage in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Foliage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Foliage in a Sentence
Predicting fall’s color changes is part science and part luck, we know the science of color change and the factors that influence it, but we don’t know exactly how it will unfold in any given year. The good news is, our foliage is like a day on the slopes — when it’s good, it’s great. And even when it’s a bit off, it’s still really good.
Money is the root of all evil, but the foliage is fascinating.
Trees have been uprooted; there is no foliage and no corrugated iron structures standing on the western side of Tanna, schools and concrete homes across Tanna are destroyed. Shelter, along with water and food remain a top priority, and we are working on getting help here as quickly as possible.
Woody Allen, Without Feathers:
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOE Unbearably lovely music is heard as the curtain rises, and we see the woods on a summer afternoon. A fawn dances on and nibbles slowly at some leaves. He drifts lazily through the soft foliage. Soon he starts coughing and drops dead.
At this rate, it’s going to be July until the snow melts, but I’ve thought about taking this idea and running with it for other seasonal items. Maybe I’ll ship somefall foliage.
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- أوراق الشجرArabic
- шума, листакBulgarian
- listíCzech
- løvDanish
- Laub, BlätterGerman
- φύλλωμα, φυλλωσιάGreek
- foliaroEsperanto
- follajeSpanish
- شاخ و برگPersian
- lehvistö, lehdetFinnish
- feuillageFrench
- duilliúrIrish
- עלוהHebrew
- पर्णसमूहHindi
- lombHungarian
- սաղարթArmenian
- dedaunanIndonesian
- fogliameItalian
- 木の葉Japanese
- ಎಲೆಗಳುKannada
- frondesLatin
- raurauMāori
- лисје, лисјаMacedonian
- gebladerteDutch
- bladverk, løvverkNorwegian
- liściePolish
- folhagemPortuguese
- frunzişRomanian
- листва, листRussian
- lövverkSwedish
- பசுமையாகTamil
- ఆకులుTelugu
- ใบไม้Thai
- yeşillikTurkish
- tán láVietnamese
- bledemVolapük
- פאָולידזשYiddish
- � 子Chinese
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