as in vegetation
green leaves or plants
decided the office needed more foliage and bought a few plants
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Recent Examples of foliage
During the hot, dry summers, cyclamen become dormant; their foliage dies back.
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Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Mentally, there's something soothing about the fact that the hotel itself is shrouded in foliage.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Freezing weather may cause bulb foliage to wilt and die back.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
Upon noticing a doorbell camera, the subject calmly seeks foliage from Guthrie’s porch area to try and obscure the lens.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Mentally, there's something soothing about the fact that the hotel itself is shrouded in foliage.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Freezing weather may cause bulb foliage to wilt and die back.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
Upon noticing a doorbell camera, the subject calmly seeks foliage from Guthrie’s porch area to try and obscure the lens.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foliage
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Nancy Guthrie lived alone in the upscale Catalina Foothills neighborhood, where houses are spaced far apart and set back from the street by long driveways, gates and dense desert vegetation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Sporotrichosis is a fungal infection of the skin caused by exposure to a fungus that lives in soil, plants, decaying vegetation, moss and hay.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The open-plan, angular five-bedroom incorporates light wood and glass walls that frame tropical flora, with a central, floating staircase.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
9 Feb. 2026
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His use of flora might be a wink to his 2025 Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design, handed to him by Kate Middleton last May.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Foliage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foliage. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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