(n.) Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.
(n.) A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc.
(v. t.) To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves.
Example Sentences:
(1) Over the decades, the Mauna Loa readings, made famous in Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth, show the CO2 level rising and falling each year as foliage across the northern hemisphere blooms in spring and recedes in autumn.
(2) This is a guy whose last feature, Trash Humpers , was 80 minutes of old people shagging foliage.
(3) The method appears applicable to detection of the residues of Pydrin in the foliage of many types of crops.
(4) Mimosine was administered orally to Merino sheep once daily for periods of 1-3 days, either as the isolated compound or in the foliage of Leucaena leucocephala.
(5) Conditions of foliage forests with high grass, where occur hosts of all developmental phases of ticks (elks, hares, rodents, insectivores), are most favourable for I. persulcatus.
(6) The air concentration was then used to estimate the flux to foliage, which was compared with direct plant uptake through the roots.
(7) Violence picks up from April when the opium poppy harvest is in, spring foliage provides cover for fighters, and snow melts on the mountain passes that fighters use to return from safe havens in Pakistan.
(8) The results show that N-methylcarbamoyl and N-dimethylcarbamoylindolines in which the indoline nucleus bears a halogen or alkyl substituent are highly active on absorption via the roots of foliage and have a wide spectrum of action.
(9) Now workers ensure structures, with their flower-shaped arches and towering pillars topped with giant leaves, aren’t reclaimed by the ever-encroaching jungle foliage.
(10) Foliage collected at several times was analyzed for total terbufos residues as terbufoxon sulfone.
(11) Add a sprinkling of compost and lay them on their side to stop the foliage from rotting if it gets too wet.
(12) It was concluded that the gut-filling effect of a bulk of indigestible fibre is a major reason why the brushtail possum does not feed exclusively on Eucalyptus foliage in the wild.
(13) Inside Nunhead cemetery sits a humble bench that commands a spectacular window on St Paul’s Cathedral, perfectly framed amid the foliage, although it can only be seen if you align yourself dead centre.
(14) The digestion and metabolism of Eucalyptus melliodora foliage was studied in captive brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula).
(15) However most of the compounds showed phytotoxic activity by absorption through the foliage.
(16) Two methods are described in which light-exposed films could be used clinically with application of the principle of solarization: (1) as duplicating films with the use of sunlight and (2) as receptors for images of foliage with the use of sunlight.
(17) The ascorbic acid content of foliage available to wild primates and bats in Panama (in transition between wet and dry seasons) was lower than that of temperate zone foliage but higher than that of most fruits and vegetables.
(18) Using energy from the sun, they turn the carbon captured from the CO2 molecules into building blocks for their trunks, branches and foliage.
(19) The cathedral had been transformed into a grove of white roses, and foliage including sweet scented broom, the “planta genista” emblem of the Plantagenets.
(20) In other experiments, potassium levels of the foliage were monitored.
Greenery
Definition:
(n.) Green plants; verdure.
Example Sentences:
(1) The only greenery more impressive than the massive trees are the prodigious mosses and lichens hanging from every branch.
(2) Increased greenery protected only at lower levels of pollution.
(3) Cameron worked hard to land some wind turbine factories, and was put out when the chancellor went public, bang in the middle of some delicate wooing of foreign investors, with his heavily spun doubts about greenery.
(4) The Tokyo Bay area is a favourite among locals, but for a more secluded ride, complete with clearly marked cycling lanes, Yoyogi Park, a vast expanse of greenery near the trendy Harajuku neighbourhood, is hard to beat.
(5) That’s an important distinction to make, because there’s a lot of discussion of the benefits of physical activity, but even exposure to greenery is very good for mental health.” London, by some estimates , comprises 47% green space.
(6) ( spitnswordus ) Pace of life, sense of claustrophobia (lack of space), lack of greenery, crowds, pollution, constant consumer lifestyle, being constantly under the scrutiny of strangers, the weariness of dealing with many strangers; as soon as I escape to the countryside I feel much lighter and happier.
(7) There’s little greenery so, having moved there recently, I’m hoping the sea takes some of the stress out of living there.
(8) Waterfalls, lush greenery and grazing cows, in the midst of miles of golden dunes, made the scene appear unreal, like a film set – especially when our camel entered stage left.
(9) Instead of the Champs Élysées, the Parc Monceau, or the local greenery of the dusty square with a defunct fountain and a statue of some obscure 18th-century explorer.
(10) Not much greenery, but ends with warning against “trashing our planet”.
(11) But many city dwellers across the world will make a case for why their own urban environment causes so much stress – from transport nightmares and lack of greenery to high costs and social anonymity.
(12) Someone that knows their architectural history, looking at their image of a steel and glass grid filled with greenery, might recognise it as a parody of a much older design – Le Corbusier's Immeubles Villas project of the mid-1920s, where each balcony on a concrete grid is filled with a miniature garden.
(13) Now, after a period in which real cities with all their asphalt, brick and concrete were reclaimed, the city-overtaken-by-greenery has returned, this time with a post-industrial spin.
(14) Exposure to greenery is positive for mental health, as well as being active in it,” says Miles.
(15) Like many people, Thomsen did not realise how much of the greenery on the countryside was ash until it began to die in Denmark.
(16) • Simple arrangements of white lilies and greenery will be at the foot of the lectern and candlestick.
(17) Once a neglected and decrepit spot of greenery in a city centre starved of parks, it has suddenly been transformed into the most vibrant political theatre.
(18) When it comes to placebo greenery, this is more convincing than the Walkie Talkie’s “Sky Garden” or the urban parsley of the Garden bridge .
(19) Summer is for those who like salads, greenery, sleeping naked under a sheet instead of cocooned in flannelette and thermals, sleeveless dresses, pedicures and strappy sandals, iced tea and Pimms, laughing gaily in the sunshine instead of nodding sombrely indoors as another Norwegian killer is unmasked, or baking themselves on a beach as the sun beats down.
(20) In Holland many motorways are lined by barriers to reduce noise and by greenery to absorb the fumes.