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Foliage

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

2. 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. Foliage plant (Bot.), any plant cultivated for the beauty of its leaves, as many kinds of Begonia and Coleus.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. [R.] Drummond.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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