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Definition: Foliage plant
Foliage
\Fo"li*age\, n. [OF. foillage, fueillage, F. feuillage,
fr. OF. foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium.
See 3d
Foil, and cf.
Foliation,
Filemot.]
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1. Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature;
leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.
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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.
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Foliage plant (Bot.), any plant cultivated for the beauty
of its leaves, as many kinds of
Begonia and
Coleus.
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