Removing dead or faded flowers from plants to encourage new blooms; traveling or riding without paying.
'Deadhead' + '-ing' (present participle). The gardening sense became common in mid-20th century horticultural practice.
Deadheading is counterintuitive gardening magic—removing all the flowers the plant made encourages it to make more flowers faster. Plants essentially respond to failure by doubling down on reproduction.
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