Associations to the word «Defoliation»

Wiktionary

DEFOLIATION, noun. The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.

Dictionary definition

DEFOLIATION, noun. The loss of foliage.
DEFOLIATION, noun. Causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope