as in vegetation
green leaves or plants
decided the office needed more foliage and bought a few plants
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This porch has a bold turquoise and chartreuse color scheme carried out in the door, the whimsical side table and accessories, the doormat, and the flowers and foliage in the planters and the foundation plantings.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2025
In 2020, to celebrate its 40th official year, the Ice Age Trail Alliance launched the Mammoth Hike Challenge—essentially, a reward for anyone who hikes 40 miles during the month of October, when the foliage of the Wisconsin fall is at its apex.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2024
And lots of flowers with green foliage incorporated throughout.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Stay in a secluded cliff-top villa framed by rainforest foliage or atop the entire canopy in a mountain treehouse with retractable walls and private plunge pool.
—Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2025
In 2020, to celebrate its 40th official year, the Ice Age Trail Alliance launched the Mammoth Hike Challenge—essentially, a reward for anyone who hikes 40 miles during the month of October, when the foliage of the Wisconsin fall is at its apex.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 24 Dec. 2024
And lots of flowers with green foliage incorporated throughout.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Stay in a secluded cliff-top villa framed by rainforest foliage or atop the entire canopy in a mountain treehouse with retractable walls and private plunge pool.
—Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Foliage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foliage. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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