Term: defoliation: causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)
Broader: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | Unrelated: mya: type genus of the family Myacidae
Broader: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | Unrelated: irruption: a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
Broader: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | Unrelated: reduplication: the syllable added in a reduplicated word form
Broader: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | Unrelated: manganate: a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion
Broader: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | Unrelated: wild man: a person who is not socialized
Broader: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | Unrelated: wire: a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
Broader: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | Unrelated: anovulation: the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary
Broader: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | Unrelated: damper: a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
Broader: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | Unrelated: barge pole: a long pole used to propel or guide a barge
Broader: change of state: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics | Unrelated: hotbox: a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated