as in foliage
green leaves or plants
the springtime leafage enveloping the park makes it seem much more private
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Noun
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When the temperatures begin to drop and the leaves start to change, the countdown to peak fall foliage is on.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025 -
Even minor sparks or drifting embers can incite nearby foliage or grass, setting off a rapidly spreading fire.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The researchers, from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, were field-testing a new approach to biodiversity monitoring, in this case to map insect life across different kinds of vegetation.—
Marion Renault,
The Atlantic,
29 Sep. 2025
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Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In her final article for TIME, in 2021, Goodall took up the cause not of fauna, but flora, writing about the devastating consequences the planet could suffer as millions of acres of trees are cut, razed, and burned every year.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Words and images attest to the remarkable swiftness with which salmon have resumed their run, flora have blossomed, and traces of the former reservoir are being smoothed away.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Leafage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leafage. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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