leafage

as in foliage
green leaves or plants the springtime leafage enveloping the park makes it seem much more private

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Noun
  • The most common plant diseases, like powdery mildew or botrytis, a fungal rot, appear on peony foliage and stems.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Fall foliage is full of beautiful earthy tones, while winter tends to be more muted or feature deep jewel tones.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Fragonard Room — with its visual pandemonium of vegetation and clouds, like being inside a springtime version of a snow-globe — has always been one of the Frick’s signature attractions.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Texas has seen fire hazards range from the far northern Panhandle, where ground vegetation froze and dried out, and push hundreds of miles east to the coast.
    JIM VERTUNO, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Big cities like Rome and Paris are already transitioning to warmer weather and are blooming with architecture, flora and fauna that will give you a change of scenery.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • This study suggests that the evolution of gut flora in giraffes may be more complex than previously assumed, and this microbial community may actually be shaped by long-term evolutionary processes that go beyond diet.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Leafage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leafage. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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