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
  • As for the small terraces that had once filled the other two sides, these had long since disappeared under the ever-expanding foliage.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Most of these organisms do not affect your plants until the foliage begins to decline.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In urban areas, there’s more concrete, less vegetation.
    Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • There is vegetation growing on its outskirts, with chickens in coops on the sides of roads, paintings for sale in windows and on some streets, shops are exclusively for artists.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • To be the first to map the flora of the Grand Canyon.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The juxtaposition of industrial concrete and verdant flora adds a wow factor to a front yard.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Leafage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leafage. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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