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单词 foliage
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foliagen.

Brit. /ˈfəʊlɪɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈfoʊl(i)ɪdʒ/
Forms: 1500s–1600s foillage, 1600s folliage, fuellage, (1800s dialect foilage), 1600s– foliage.
Etymology: An altered form (after Latin folium leaf, or its English derivatives) of foillage, < French feuillage (earlier fueillage , foillage ) < feuille leaf: see foil n.1 and -age suffix.
1. The leaves (of a plant or tree) collectively; leafage.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > leaves or foliage
shadec1000
leafOE
felourea1400
filourc1400
hair1551
leafage1599
foliage1601
umbrage1657
foliature1682
folia1730
greenery1826
leafery1834
feather1842
leafdom1856
leaf mass1857
greening1895
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 25 There is not an hearbe..that taketh vp greater compasse with fuellage than doth the Beet.
1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 384 Swelling Buds their od'rous Foliage shed.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 144 These naked shoots..Shall put their graceful foliage on again.
1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 175/1 Bulbs are too frequently attacked by vermin when allowed to remain in the ground after the foliage has died down.
1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. i. 1 Labouring men's cottages gleaming white from the surrounding foliage.
figurative and in extended use.1747 W. Gould Acct. Eng. Ants 53 You will..observe on each Side of its Breast a small white Foliage of Wings.1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. xiii. 197 The light and graceful foliage of her character.
2.
a. In Art: The representation of leaves, etc. used for decoration or ornament.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > foliage
maple leaf1394
vinea1400
vinet1412
traila1423
garlandc1524
foilery1527
wreath?1586
leaf work1592
foliage1598
sprig1613
branching1652
leafage1658
leafing1688
acanthus leaf1703
feuillage1714
sprigging1775
foliature1814
pampre1842
palmette1850
vine-scroll1886
olive acanthus1888
foliage-border1891
branched work-
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Fogliami..foillage, or branched worke.
1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. i. xxxiv. 80 The Foliage which domineers in the Freeze.
1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. ii. 83 The simplicity of the carver's foliage at once sets off..the glare of Verrio's paintings.
1861 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 2) iv. 102 Foliage is by no means an essential feature of the Early English style.
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 80 Foliage..most beautifully carved.
b. A representation of a cluster of leaves, sprays, or branches. ? Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > of living thing > plants
water flower1480
fruitage1600
boscage1610
foliage1699
arborescence1856
phyllomorph1889
1699 S. Garth Dispensary v. 59 A Folliage of dissembl'd Senna Leaves, Grav'd round its Brim.
1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 371 Foliages, or Branch-work.
1801 W. Coxe Hist. Tour Monmouthshire I. 74 A semicircular arch, ornamented with a foliage of twisted branches.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
a.
foliage-border n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > foliage
maple leaf1394
vinea1400
vinet1412
traila1423
garlandc1524
foilery1527
wreath?1586
leaf work1592
foliage1598
sprig1613
branching1652
leafage1658
leafing1688
acanthus leaf1703
feuillage1714
sprigging1775
foliature1814
pampre1842
palmette1850
vine-scroll1886
olive acanthus1888
foliage-border1891
branched work-
1891 Daily News 2 July 6/1 A Louis XVI octagonal gold box, foliage borders and amber-coloured panels.
foliage-stem n.
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1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 122 The rhizome and foliage-stem may be similar or dissimilar.
foliage-trimming n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > other
jace1399
loopa1475
shakers1506
aglet1530
nerve1531
pipe1533
targeting1563
pinion1583
pinioning1597
tzitzit1618
loop-lace1632
button1671
tip1681
fal-lal1703
falbala1705
furbelow1706
jewelling1718
weeper1724
pompom1748
chiffons1765
foliage-trimming1818
mancheron1822
piping1825
manchette1835
patte1835
streamer1838
waterfall1841
paillette1843
brandenburgs1873
motif1882
patch1884
smocking1888
jockey1896
strapping1898
steel1899
sparklet1902
slotting1923
1818 La Belle Assemblée Jan. 36/2 A foliage trimming of pale blue satin.
b.
foliage-bound adj.
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1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxiii. 184 Shone every pillar foliage-bound.
C2.
foliage crop n. (see quot. 1831).
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > other crops
fleece1513
white crop1743
green crop1744
root crop1772
row crop1776
robber1777
mix-grass1778
breaking-crop1808
industrial crop1818
foliage crop1831
kharifa1836
scourge-crop1842
overcrop1858
by-crop1880
coppice-with-standards1882
sewage grass1888
trap-crop1899
cleaning crop1900
nurse crop1907
cover crop1909
smother crop1920
stoop crop1928
snatch crop1937
break crop1967
wholecrop1968
1831 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. 1243/2 Foliage crops, plants cultivated for their leaves to be used green, and which will not make into hay, as the cabbage tribe.
foliage leaf n. a leaf in the restricted sense of the word, excluding petals and other modified leaves.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > true leaf
rough leaf1726
foliage leaf1872
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) i. i. 4 I use the term foliage-leaves at present simply in order to avoid confusion with the leaves of which flowers are composed.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 634 The cotyledons remain thin like shortly stalked foliage-leaves.
foliage plant n. one cultivated for its foliage and not for its blossom.
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted > grown for its foliage or seed
small seed1793
foliage plant1862
seed-plant1878
1862 Times 10 Apr. Foliage plants..produce the effect required of them throughout the whole period of their growth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

foliagev.

Brit. /ˈfəʊlɪɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈfoʊl(i)ɪdʒ/
Etymology: < foliage n.
transitive. To adorn with foliage or with a representation of leaves and flowers.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > pattern [verb (transitive)] > foliage
branch1590
sprig1695
foliage1836
1836 in B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled
1846 Peter Parley's Ann. 64 The tombs..are inlaid with wreaths of flowers, and foliaged in their natural colours.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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