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exfoliate definition

ex·fo·li·ate (eks fō′lē āt′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb exfoliated -·at′ed, exfoliating -·at′·ing

to cast or come off in flakes, scales, or layers, as skin, bark, rock, etc.

Etymology: < LL exfoliatus, pp. of exfoliare, to strip of leaves < L ex-, out + folium, a leaf: see foil

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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