defoliation

Other forms: defoliations

Definitions of defoliation
  1. noun
    the loss of foliage
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    type of:
    biological process, organic process
    a process occurring in living organisms
  2. noun
    causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)
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    type of:
    change of state
    the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
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