Word Meanings - FOLIAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium. See 3d Foil, and 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

Additional info about word: FOLIAGE

foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium. See 3d Foil, and 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 , any plant cultivated for the beauty of its leaves, as many kinds of Begonia and Coleus.

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• BEAUTIFUL
  Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. Lord Kames. Syn. -- Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful;
• PRODUCIBILITY
  The quality or state of being producible. Barrow.
• FORESTICK
  Front stick of a hearth fire.
• FOREST
  A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• COLLECTIVELY
  In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.
• CLUSTERY
  Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters. Johnson.
• FORESTAY
  A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
• FORESTAGE
  A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. A service paid by foresters to the king.
• PRODUCTIVITY
  The quality or state of being productive; productiveness. Emerson. Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, the productivity. Coleridge.
• PRODUCTUS
  An extinct genus of brachiopods, very characteristic of the Carboniferous rocks.
• FOLIAGED
  Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliaged mulberry.
• FORESTER
  A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester , which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine. (more info) 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed
• FORESTALL
  To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. To forestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention
• PRODUCTILE
  Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile.
• PRODUCER
  A furnace for producing combustible gas which is used for fuel. (more info) 1. One who produces, brings forth, or generates. 2. One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use.
• PRODUCENT
  One who produces, or offers to notice. Ayliffe.
• NATURED
  Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.
• ESPECIALLY
  In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
• NATURELESS
  Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton.
• UNNATURE
  To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney.
• MISARRANGEMENT
  Wrong arrangement.
• DEMINATURED
  Having half the nature of another. Shak.
• COAFFOREST
  To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell.
• OVERPRODUCTION
  Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. J. S. Mill.
• TIME SIGNATURE
  A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as
• ORNATURE
  Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed.
• PARKLEAVES
  A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
• AFFOREST
  To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.
• REPRODUCTORY
  Reproductive.
• CONSIGNATURE
  Joint signature. Colgrave.