foliage

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('lē-ĭj, fō'lĭj) pronunciation
n.
    1. Plant leaves, especially tree leaves, considered as a group.
    2. A cluster of leaves.
  1. An ornamental representation of leaves, stems, and flowers, especially in architecture.

[Alteration (influenced by Latin folium, leaf) of Middle English foilage, from Old French foillage, from foille, leaf. See foil2.]

foliaged fo'li·aged adj.

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IN BRIEF: The leaves of a tree or plant, or of many trees or plants.

pronunciation If a plant does not receive enough water, the foliage will wither and turn brown.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - blade, løv, løvværk

Nederlands (Dutch)
gebladerte, loof, voorstelling van gebladerte (architectuur etc.)

Français (French)
n. - feuillage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Blätter, Laubwerk

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) φύλλωμα, φυλλωσιά

Italiano (Italian)
fogliame

Português (Portuguese)
n. - folhagem (f) (das plantas)

Русский (Russian)
листва, листья

Español (Spanish)
n. - follaje, fronda, hojas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - löv

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
树叶, 植物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 樹葉, 植物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잎, 잎무늬

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 葉

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أوراق النبته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עלווה, קישוט בצורת עלים‬


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