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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foliage \Fo"li*age\, verb (used with an object) To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. [R.] --Drummond.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foliage \Fo"li*age\, noun [OF. foillage, fueillage, F. feuillage, fr. OF. foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium. See 3d {Foil}, and cf. {Foliation}, {Filemot}.]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
foliage
noun
1: the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants [syn: {leaf}, {leafage}]
2: (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament [syn: {foliation}]
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