Cover afforded by the interposition of some opaque or semi-opaque body between an object and light, heat, etc.; esp. the shelter from the sun…

The foliage of a plant or tree; leaves collectively. Now chiefly as in (full) leaf: the state or condition of having a full complement of leaves…

Foliage.

A tool for sharpening steel; a hone, a whetstone.

transferred. In names of plants having foliage fancifully likened to hair: as Isis hair, Lady's hair n. at lady, n. compounds 3c, maidenhair, n., V…

Leaves collectively; foliage.

The leaves (of a plant or tree) collectively; leafage.

The foliage of trees, etc., affording shade.

A cluster of leaves; foliage.

Botany. In Latin sense: Leaves (of a plant).

Green branches or leaves used for decoration. Also (rarely) in plural. Cf. green, n.1 2d.

Leaves collectively; foliage.

collective. Plumage; also transferred (of plants); and in figurative sense: Attire, ‘get-up’. all fowls in feather = birds of all feather.

Foliage, esp. when viewed as constituting a world of its own. Also in figurative contexts.

a dense growth of leaves.

= greenery, n. 3. Obsolete. rare.