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DEFOLIATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defoliation mean?
• DEFOLIATION (noun)
The noun DEFOLIATION has 2 senses:
2. causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)
Familiarity information: DEFOLIATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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