Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exfoliation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exfoliation
n : the peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin;
"exfoliation is increased by sunburn"
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