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Definition of foliage noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

foliage

noun
 
/ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/
 
/ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/
[uncountable]
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  1. the leaves of a tree or plant; leaves and branches together
    • dense green foliage
    Topics Plants and treesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • green
    • bright
    • dark
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    Word Originlate Middle English foilage (in the sense ‘design resembling leaves’): from Old French feuillage, from feuille ‘leaf’, from Latin folium. The change in the first syllable was due to association with Latin folium.
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