foliage
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With less natural light, Miranda-Martin wanted to play up the idea of dining-room-as-treehouse, reflecting the second-floor foliage visible from the small windows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The beds are dotted with scented flowers such as honeysuckle, jasmine and lavender, and textured foliage and grasses that patients can touch and smell from their beds.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
On hotter days, koalas regulate body temperature by hugging trees to dissipate heat or seeking out denser foliage and lower trees away from direct sunlight.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
One of my favorite passages captures Mr. Haskell’s first encounter, in Australia, with a Moreton Bay fig tree, its thick, leathery foliage crowded by figbirds longing for the tree’s fruits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
As I looked around for something, anything, we could use against him, I spotted a long, moss-covered object half-hidden in the foliage.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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