foliage
/ˈfəʊlɪɪdʒ
/noun [mass noun]
Plant leaves collectively: healthy green foliage...
- Spent flower stems can be removed as well as dead leaves but leave healthy foliage to die back naturally.
- The intermediate states were characterized by nodes associated with foliage leaves.
- Virginiles already have adult foliage and a taproot, but lack generative organs.
Synonyms
leaves, leafage, greenery, vegetation
rare herbage, verdure
Origin
Late 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.