- avolsio
- āvulsĭo ( āvol- ), ōnis, f. [avello]; in gardening, t. t., a plucking off, tearing off of the branches of a tree:
Aut semine (arbores) proveniunt aut plantis radicis aut propagine aut avolsione,
Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58; 17, 13, 21, § 98.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.