[ UK /fˈə‍ʊlɪɪd‍ʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈfoʊɫiɪdʒ, ˈfoʊɫɪdʒ/ ]
NOUN
  1. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
  2. the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
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How To Use foliage In A Sentence

  • This isn't an attempt to universalize, for there is rich, specific detail everywhere: food, foliage, the course of the conflict. The Times Literary Supplement
  • Surrounded by cottonwoods and aspens and featuring a wooden footbridge and an abundance of regional flora and foliage, it's a place to meditate, contemplate, and relax.
  • So far the scenery around her had been thick fur trees and dense foliage.
  • This montbretia cultivar is an Alan Bloom hybrid Crocosmia x Curtonus which has flowers and foliage that are similar to gladiolus. Winter Plant Portrait-Croscosmias « Fairegarden
  • This past week in the forest park, the fiery foliage set against cobalt skies was a sight to behold.
  • The dark foliage makes a bold backdrop throughout summer and turns bright red in autumn. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you have a partially shaded spot, use Ramonda myconi for its crinkled foliage and lavender-blue blooms in late spring. Times, Sunday Times
  • American bittersweet is valued for its glossy green summer foliage followed by orange and red fruits and seeds, and several landscape cultivars are commercially marketed.
  • However, Nature, that at first sight appears so lovely, is on consideration almost always incomplete; moreover, there is no painting intertangled foliage without losing half its beauties. The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art
  • Its foliage is pleasing and the seed pods are marvellous.
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