as in vegetation
green leaves or plants
decided the office needed more foliage and bought a few plants
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Vivid delivers the saturated, contrasty look that's iconic for fall foliage and landscape scenes.
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PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
The grasslike foliage complements broadleaf evergreens like hellebore and Bergenia, providing textural contrast.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
Compared to the original cultivars, the newer cultivars offered a variety of advantages, including sturdiness, longer flowering, earlier flowering, dwarfism, bigger bracts, darker green foliage, and beyond.
—Norman Ellstrand and Nathan Ellstrand / Made By History, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
So, the foliage in the area was already very dry, effectively extending the region's wildfire season.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
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PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025
The grasslike foliage complements broadleaf evergreens like hellebore and Bergenia, providing textural contrast.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
Compared to the original cultivars, the newer cultivars offered a variety of advantages, including sturdiness, longer flowering, earlier flowering, dwarfism, bigger bracts, darker green foliage, and beyond.
—Norman Ellstrand and Nathan Ellstrand / Made By History, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
So, the foliage in the area was already very dry, effectively extending the region's wildfire season.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Foliage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foliage. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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