decacumination

English

Etymology

From Latin dēcacūminātiō (“a lopping off the top of a tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːkəkjuːmɪˈneɪʃən/

Noun

decacumination

1. (rare) The action or process of lopping off the top of a tree.
   • 1838, John Claudius Loudon, editor, The Gardener’s Magazine, and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement, IV, page 538:

     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.

Related terms

• decacuminate