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Webster 1913 Edition

Foliage

Fo′li-age

,
Noun.
[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
.

Fo′li-age

,
Verb.
T.
To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves.
[R.]
Drummond.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foliage

FO'LIAGE

,
Noun.
[L. folium, a leaf. See Foil.]
1.
Leaves in general; as a tree of beautiful foliage.
2.
A cluster of leaves, flowers and branches; particularly, the representation of leaves, flowers and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, &c.

FO'LIAGE

,
Verb.
T.
To work or to form into the representation of leaves.

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