foliage /fōˈli-ij/ noun- Leaves collectively
- A mass of leaves
- Plant forms in art
ORIGIN: L folium a leaf; cf blade; Gr phyllon fōliāceous /-āˈshəs/ adjective - Leaflike
- Like a foliage leaf
- Leaf-bearing
- Laminated
fōˈliaged adjective - Having foliage
- Worked like foliage
fōˈliar adjective - Relating to leaves
- Resembling leaves
fōˈliate adjective - Leaflike
- Having leaves
transitive verb- Orig to beat into a leaf
- To cover with leaf metal
- To number the leaves (not pages) of
intransitive verb- To split into laminae (medicine)
- (of a plant) to grow leaves
fōˈliated adjective - Beaten into a thin leaf
- Decorated with leaf ornaments or foils
- Consisting of layers or laminae
fōliāˈtion noun - The production of leaves, esp in plants
- The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, or of spreading foil over a piece of glass to form a mirror
- The numbering of leaves (not pages) in a book (see folio)
- The alternation of more or less parallel layers or folia of different mineralogical nature, of which the crystalline schists are composed (geology)
- Decoration with cusps, lobes or foliated tracery (architecture)
fōˈliature noun Foliation fōˈliolate or fōˈliolose adjective (botany) Composed of or relating to leaflets fōˈliole noun - A leaflet of a compound leaf (botany)
- A small leaflike structure
fōˈliose adjective - Leafy
- Leaflike
fōˈlium noun (pl fōˈlia) - A leaf
- A lamina or lamella (medicine)
foliage leaf noun An ordinary leaf, not a petal, bract, etc foliage plant noun One grown for the beauty of its foliage foliar feed noun A plant food applied in solution to the leaves |