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Doesn't stay to see the foliage (6)

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I believe the answer is:

leaves

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'foliage' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for leaves that I've seen before include "Doesn't eat" , "Abandons" , "Departs with book pages?" , "some tea, perhaps" , "Departs from the sheets" .)

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