Thursday, October 19, 2006

Today's word: scarification

scar‧i‧fi‧ca‧tion  [skar-uh-fi-key-shuhn]
–noun
1. an act or instance of scarifying.
2. the result of scarifying; a scratch or scratches.

scar·i·fy (skr-f)
tr.v. scar·i·fied, scar·i·fy·ing, scar·i·fies
Botany. To slit or soften the outer coat of (seeds) in order to speed germination.

Definition from dictionary.com.

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