noun.
Specifically, of the cotton plant, the dropping of young bolls. Shedding results to some extent from defect of pollination, but often from a deep cultivation at early flowering time, encouraging a growth of ‘weed.’
noun.
A collection of sheds, or sheds collectively.
noun.
A parting; separation; a branching off, as of two roads or a water-shed; hence, the angle or place where two roads meet.
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A pouring out or spilling; effusion: as, the shedding of blood.
noun.
The act of letting fall, casting off, or parting with something, as a plant its seed when ripe, or a covering husk: as, the shedding of wheat.
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That which is shed, cast off, or exuviated; a cast or exuvium.