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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 foliage plant
 觀葉植物
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Fo·li·age n.
 1. Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.
 2. 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.
 Foliage plant Bot., any plant cultivated for the beauty of its leaves, as many kinds of Begonia and Coleus.