DEFOLIATION

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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)

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)