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Foliage - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Foliage : (noun)
1: the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher
plants [syn: leaf, leafage]
2: (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament [syn: foliation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Foliage : \Fo"li*age\, v. t.
To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form
into the representation of leaves. [R.] --Drummond.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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