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foliage

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Plants, Gardening, Biology
fo·li·age /ˈfəʊli-ɪdʒ $ ˈfoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]  HBPDLGthe leaves of a plant 〔植物的〕叶子,叶 dark green foliage 墨绿色的叶子
Examples from the Corpus
foliageA hare squats amongst foliage, in a scene which is enclosed by a roundel supported by two conventionally interlaced guilloche squares.To listen to bird-songs, and identify foliage.It is almost completely obscured by the tree which surrounds it and hides the light under its foliage.Presently, there was a lightening of foliage and I thought, almost disappointedly, all that panic for nothing.They have bloomed well, but now the foliage is yellowing and they need pruning.You should find that with regular watering and feeding until the foliage dies down naturally the situation will improve next year.Here the doves soared up to a tree through whose foliage came a bright yellow gleam.
Origin foliage (1400-1500) Old French foilage, from Latin folium leaf
fo·li·age nounChineseSyllable
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foliage
foliage /ˈfəʊli-ɪdʒ $ ˈfoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: foilage, from Latin folium 'leaf'
the leaves of a plant:
    dark green foliage


fo·li·ageBrE /ˈfəʊliɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfoʊliɪdʒ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]
the leaves of a tree or plant; leaves and branches together (植物的)叶;枝叶dense green foliage茂密的绿叶