foliage

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In the mornings, Christine eagerly awaits the brightly colored, highly vocal birds swooping into their garden, whooping their greetings before flying off into the junglelike foliage.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

One of these, a sinuous swirl of foliage at the base of the cathedral’s great lectern, tells us what the Art Nouveau architects of a later generation were looking at.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

For many of us, our first foray into foliage begins at Christmas when we are gifted a poinsettia.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Outside, the street leading to the building was buried under mounds of debris and foliage.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

It did look like a little cool, green room with walls of foliage, a door of sedge stalks, and a thick, springy carpet of matted undergrowth.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw