Meadow where bit of foliage cut (3)
I believe the answer is:
lea
'meadow' is the definition.
(a lea is a grassy area)
'bit of foliage cut' is the wordplay.
'bit of foliage' becomes 'leaf' (foliage means leaves).
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'leaf' with its last letter taken away is 'LEA'.
'where' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for lea that I've seen before include "grazing area" , "area of grassland" , "Open arable land (poet.)" , "Open area of grassy or arable land" , "Open country" .)