defoliate
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defoliate (third-person singular simple present defoliates, present participle defoliating, simple past and past participle defoliated)
- (transitive) To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.
- Agent Orange was used to defoliate jungle vegetation.
- 2020, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 2:
- These leaves are the moth’s only source of food, and if left unchecked, the caterpillars can completely defoliate a single mighty tree.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to remove foliage from plants
Adjective[edit]
defoliate (comparative more defoliate, superlative most defoliate)
- Deprived of leaves; defoliated.
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Interlingua[edit]
Adjective[edit]
defoliate (not comparable)
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
defoliate
- inflection of defoliare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
defoliate f pl
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
defoliate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of defoliar combined with te
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