leafage

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English leaf Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English leafage From leaf + -age.

1. The leaves of plants collectively; foliage.

   “Color change in New England is the tourist time, when people come to see the leafage turn brilliant colors.”

   “She came towards me, half feeling her way between the tree boles, and though a child, it seemed, clung to her skirt, it swerved into the leafage like a rabbit as she drew nearer.”