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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

exfoliation

The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

Noun.

The scaling of a bone; the process of separating, as pieces of unsound bone from the sound part; desquamation.

exfoliation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural exfoliations)

The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
The loss of leaves from a plant.
The removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.

the removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation

exfoliation f ‎(plural exfoliations)