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foliage

/ˈfoʊliɪd͡ʒ/ noun C1
  1. The leaves of plants. (countable, uncountable)
  2. An architectural ornament representing foliage. (countable, uncountable)

Plural foliages

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It was near Rann’s bedtime, but he had ranged all over the jungle looking for the Bear and had missed him in the thick foliage.
The Jungle Book, p. 45 · B2
A shower of snow fell upon them, and, finding the Olive full of foliage, it settled upon its branches and broke them down with its weight, at once despoiling it of its beauty and killing the tree.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 101 · B2
And yet it was not because the damp had been excluded from the garden; the earth, black as soot, the thick foliage of the trees betrayed its presence; besides, had natural humidity been wanting, it could have been immediately supplied by artificial means, thanks to a tank of water, sunk in one of the corners of the garden, and upon which were stationed a frog and a toad, who, from antipathy, no doubt, always remained on the two opposite sides of the basin.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 643 · C1
Père Pamphile had seen Dantès pass not ten minutes before; and assured that he was at the Catalans, they sat down under the budding foliage of the planes and sycamores, in the branches of which the birds were singing their welcome to one of the first days of spring.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 20 · C1

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