DEFOLIATION | • defoliation n. The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. • DEFOLIATION n. the act of defoliating. |
DEFOLIATIONS | • defoliations n. Plural of defoliation. • DEFOLIATION n. the act of defoliating. |
DESPOLIATION | • despoliation n. A stripping or plundering; spoliation. • DESPOLIATION n. the act of despoiling. |
DESPOLIATIONS | • despoliations n. Plural of despoliation. • DESPOLIATION n. the act of despoiling. |
EXFOLIATION | • exfoliation n. The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated. • exfoliation n. The loss of leaves from a plant. • exfoliation n. (Cosmetics) The removal of a layer of dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation. |
EXFOLIATIONS | • exfoliations n. Plural of exfoliation. • EXFOLIATION n. the process by which concentric scales, plates, or shells of rock are stripped or spall from the bare surface of a large rock mass. |
FOLIATION | • foliation n. (Botany) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves. • foliation n. (Publishing) The process of forming into pages; pagination. • foliation n. (Codicology, publishing) The numbering of the folios of a manuscript or a book. |
FOLIATIONS | • foliations n. Plural of foliation. • FOLIATION n. the process of bursting into leaf. |
PERFOLIATION | • PERFOLIATION n. the state of being perfoliate. |
PERFOLIATIONS | • PERFOLIATION n. the state of being perfoliate. |
PREFOLIATION | • prefoliation n. (Botany) Vernation (arrangement within a bud) of leaves. • PREFOLIATION n. the manner in which the leaf is folded within the leaf bud, vernation. |
PREFOLIATIONS | • prefoliations n. Plural of prefoliation. • PREFOLIATION n. the manner in which the leaf is folded within the leaf bud, vernation. |
SPOLIATION | • spoliation n. (Archaic) The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery. • spoliation n. Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea. • spoliation n. (Law) The intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect. |
SPOLIATIONS | • spoliations n. Plural of spoliation. • SPOLIATION n. the act of pillaging and plundering. |