foliage
noun/ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/
/ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/
[uncountable]- the leaves of a tree or plant; leaves and branches together
- dense green foliage
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- green
- bright
- dark
- …
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.Definitions on the go
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