Fo"li*age (?), n. [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.
Fo"li*age (?), v. t. To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage;
to form into the representation of leaves. [R.] Drummond.
Fo"li*aged (?), a. Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously
foliaged mulberry.
Fo"li*ar (?), a. (Bot.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves; as,
foliar appendages.
Foliar gap (Bot.), an opening in the fibrovascular system of a stem at
the point of origin of a leaf. -- Foliar trace (Bot.), a particular
fibrovascular bundle passing down into the stem from a leaf.
Fo"li*ate (&?;), a. [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See
Foliage.] (Bot.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.
Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium.
Fo"li*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Foliating (?).] 1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon.
2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to
foliate a looking-glass.
Fo"li*a`ted (?), a. 1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a
foliated shell.