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| arabesque |
a complex design of interlaced scrolls, foliage, and other fanciful shapes, or an ornamental object having such a design. [1/4 definitions] |
| camouflage |
the material, such as paint, fabric, or foliage, used to conceal something by this method. [1/5 definitions] |
| cankerworm |
any of several moth larvae that feed on fruit and foliage often destroying fruit and shade trees. |
| canopy |
any overarching, rooflike cover, such as the sky or stars or the spread of upper foliage in a forest. [1/5 definitions] |
| defoliate |
to lose foliage. [1/4 definitions] |
| dusty miller |
any of various flowering plants and herbs having whitish, downy or woolly foliage. |
| foliate |
decorated with or composed of foils, as certain windows, or decorated with carved or molded foliage, as the head of a column; foliated. [2/9 definitions] |
| foliation |
the act or process of producing foliage or foil. [2/6 definitions] |
| green |
the color of emeralds or of young, growing foliage; the color lying between yellow and blue on the spectrum. [3/17 definitions] |
| greenery |
green vegetables or foliage. |
| greenwood |
a woodland that is lush with green foliage. |
| gypsy moth |
a moth having as its larva a hairy caterpillar that is extremely destructive to foliage. |
| honey locust |
a North American tree having long, beanlike pods with sweet pulp, delicate foliage, and thorny branches. |
| leaf |
leaves collectively; foliage. [1/7 definitions] |
| leafage |
leaves collectively; foliage. |
| matrimony vine |
a thorny shrub of the nightshade family that is cultivated for its foliage, small pink flowers, and red berries; boxthorn. |
| overgrow |
to spread over with a thick cover of foliage. [1/2 definitions] |
| spray2 |
an ornamental arrangement of flowers, foliage, grasses, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| wreath |
a circular band, usu. of flowers or foliage woven or twisted together, used as a symbol or decoration. [1/2 definitions] |
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