decacumination
/diːkəkjuːmɪˈneɪʃən/
decacumination noun: the action or process of lopping off the top of a tree.
Noun
decacumination
- The action or process of lopping off the top of a tree.
- If M. Dutrochet has not adverted to Theophrastus, perhaps you may be interested in reading the following passage from that author, in the sixth chapter of the third book, where he particularly describes what he calls the ἄμφαυξις, or ἀμφιφύα, of the silver fir after decacumination.1838, John Claudius Loudon, editor, The Gardener’s Magazine, and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement, IV, page 538
Origin of decacumination
From Latin dēcacūminātiō (“a lopping off the top of a tree”).
Questions about decacumination
- What does decacumination mean?
- Decacumination means the action or process of lopping off the top of a tree.
- What part of speech is decacumination?
- Decacumination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce decacumination?
- Decacumination is pronounced /diːkəkjuːmɪˈneɪʃən/.
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