| DEFOLIATING | • defoliating v. Present participle of defoliate. • DEFOLIATE v. to remove the leaves from. |
| 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. |
| EXFOLIATING | • exfoliating v. Present participle of exfoliate. • EXFOLIATE v. to separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark. |
| 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. |
| EXFOLIATIVE | • exfoliative adj. That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation. • EXFOLIATIVE adj. serving to exfoliate. |
| FOLIATING | • foliating v. Present participle of foliate. • FOLIATE v. to number the leaves of. |
| 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. |
| INTERFOLIATING | • interfoliating v. Present participle of interfoliate. • INTERFOLIATE v. to interleave. |
| 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. |