'Exfoliation' definitions:
Definition of 'exfoliation'
noun
The peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin; "exfoliation is increased by sunburn"
noun
A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin [syn:
scale,
scurf, exfoliation]
Definition of 'Exfoliation'
- Exfoliation \Ex*fo`li*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. exfoliation.]
The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the
state of being exfoliated.
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