leafage

leaf·age

L0086600 (lē′fĭj)n. Foliage.

leafage

(ˈliːfɪdʒ) n (Botany) a less common word for foliage

fo•li•age

(ˈfoʊ li ɪdʒ)

n. 1. the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage. 2. leaves in general. 3. the ornamental representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, as in architecture. [1400–50; late Middle English foilage < Middle French fueillage, foillage, derivative of feuille leaf. See foil², -age] fo′li•aged, adj.

Leafage

 leaves collectively, 1599.

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leafage - the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plantsfoliage, leafvenation - (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leafcataphyll - a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf developmentfloral leaf - a modified leaf that is part of a flowerdandelion green - the foliage of the dandelion plantpitcher - (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewerplant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungussporophyl, sporophyll - leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangiaparenchyma - the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stemsblade, leaf blade - especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petioleamplexicaul leaf - a leaf with its base clasping the stemgreenery, verdure - green foliageleaflet - part of a compound leaffrond - compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycadpad - the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)scale leaf, scale - a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkinfig leaf - a leaf from a fig treesimple leaf - a leaf that is not divided into partscompound leaf - a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalkentire leaf - a leaf having a smooth margin without notches or indentationscrenate leaf - a leaf having a scalloped marginserrate leaf - a leaf having a margin notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apexdentate leaf - a leaf having a toothed marginemarginate leaf - a leaf having a notch at the apexerose leaf - a leaf having a jagged margin as though gnawedruncinate leaf - a leaf having incised margins with the lobes or teeth curved toward the base; as a dandelion leaflobed leaf - a leaf having deeply indented marginslobe - (botany) a part into which a leaf is dividedparallel-veined leaf - a leaf whose veins run in parallel from the stemparted leaf - a leaf having margins incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobesprickly-edged leaf - a leaf having prickly marginsrosette - a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground)leaf form, leaf shape - any of the various shape that leaves of plants can assume