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Defoliation :: Defoliation (n.) The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.

Vernation :: Vernation (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation..

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure..

Prefoliation :: Prefoliation (n.) Vernation.

Feathering :: Feathering (n.) Same as Foliation.

Exfoliative :: Exfoliative (a.) Having the power of causing exfoliation.

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The manner in which the young leaves are dispo/ed within the bud.

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina..

Exfoliation :: Exfoliation (n.) The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated..

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.

Multifoil :: Multifoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils.

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery..

Trefoil :: Trefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils..

Circinate :: Circinate (a.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns..

Schist :: Schist (n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar..

Foliation :: Foliation (n.) The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses..

Praefoliation :: Praefoliation (n.) Same as Prefoliation.

Superfrontal :: Superfoliation (n.) Excess of foliation.

Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil..

Cinquefoil :: Cinquefoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc..

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