foliature

[ foh-lee-uh-cher ]

noun

a cluster of leaves; foliage.

Origin of foliature

¹

First recorded in 1670–80, foliature is from the Late Latin word foliātūra foliage. See foliate, -ure

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How to use foliature in a sentence

So that it seems to perform its service to the seeds as the foliature to the fruit.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2 | Henry Hallam

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