Merriam-Webster's word of the day is
foliage
pronounced FOH-lee-ij
a noun
referring to the leaves of a plant or of many plants.
1: a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation
2: the aggregate of leaves of one or more plants
3: a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
Foliage traces back to Middle French foille ("leaf"), which is also the source of the English word foil (as in "aluminum foil"). When adopted by Middle English speakers, foil originally meant "leaf." The origin of the word has made the pronunciation of foliage a point of contention among English speakers. Most commonly accepted is the trisyllabic \FOH-lee-ij\. However, there’s no denying that the pronunciations \FOH-lij\ and/or \FOY-lij\ have also staked their claim. The first of these disputed pronunciations is consistent with the pronunciation of the -iage ending (like in marriage). The second is often more fiercely denounced, in part because of its association with the nonstandard spelling foilage because of the origin of the word (foil).
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