Usually means: Removing spent flowers to rejuvenate.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. deadheading: Merriam-Webster
  2. deadheading: Collins English Dictionary
  3. deadheading: Wordnik
  4. deadheading: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. deadheading: Wiktionary
  6. deadheading: Dictionary.com
  7. Deadheading (employee), Deadheading (flowers), Deadheading (railroads), Deadheading: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. deadheading: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deadheading: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deadheading: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (deadheading)

noun:  The removal of dead flowers from a plant in order to encourage the growth of new ones, and to prevent the production of seeds.
noun:  The driving of an unladen vehicle, such as a bus with no passengers, in order to take it from one place to another.

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