Definition of Foliage

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Foliage

Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.

A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc.

To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves.

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Foliage Quotations

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

But you have to take all of those things, you have to take into consideration the paths, the roadways, how much cloud cover there is, how much foliage cover there is, whether there are streams, all of that comes into play.
Richard Serra

I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen

Foliage Translations

foliage in Dutch is loof, gebladerte, bladertooi
foliage in German is Laub
foliage in Hungarian is lomb, lombozat
foliage in Spanish is follaje, fronda

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