"fall foliage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fall foliages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fall foliage (countable and uncountable, plural fall foliages)
  1. (US) The brightly colored leaves of deciduous trees that appear in the autumn. Tags: US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fall_foliage-en-noun-dqElpWqz Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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