foliage
has definitions from the fields of architecture,botany
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[ noun ] (botany) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)The day will come , in midsummer , when you find your plants becoming `` leggy '' , running to tall-growing foliage at the expense of blossoms . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Children walking home from school would scuff through what seemed to be his foliage . Related terms plant_organ blade scale cotyledon leaflet greenery dandelion_green amplexicaul_leaf serrate_leaf erose_leaf frond sporophyll pad rosette simple_leaf compound_leaf entire_leaf crenate_leaf floral_leaf dentate_leaf emarginate_leaf fig_leaf runcinate_leaf lobed_leaf parted_leaf lily_pad cataphyll leaf_shape lobe venation parenchyma foliate |
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[ noun ] (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
Synonyms Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Square corner - and gate_posts were an open-work pattern of cast-iron foliage ; they were topped by steeples complete in every detail : high_pitched roof , pinnacle , and narrow gable . Related terms |
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