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DEFOLIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does defoliation mean? 

DEFOLIATION (noun)
  The noun DEFOLIATION has 2 senses:

1. the loss of foliageplay

2. causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)play

  Familiarity information: DEFOLIATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEFOLIATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The loss of foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("defoliation" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Derivation:

defoliate (strip the leaves or branches from)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("defoliation" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Derivation:

defoliate (strip the leaves or branches from)


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