Exfoliation
[eks-foh-lee-ey-shuh n] /ɛksˌfoʊ liˈeɪ ʃən/
noun
1.
the act, state, or process of .
2.
the state of being .
3.
something that is or scaled off.
n.
early 15c., noun of action from Latin exfoliare (see exfoliate).
exfoliation ex·fo·li·a·tion (ěks-fō’lē-ā’shən)
n.
ex·fo’li·ate’ v.
exfoliation
(ěks-fō’lē-ā’shən)
The process in which layers of tissue peel or are peeled off an organism, such as the distinctive ways in which bark peels off a tree in strips or flakes.
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