Meanings
- rareThe 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
- Latindēcacūminātiō“a lopping off the top of a tree”
- Englishdecacumination
From Latin dēcacūminātiō (“a lopping off the top of a tree”).
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