transitive verb, intransitive verb exfoliated, exfoliating
Origin: < LL exfoliatus, pp. of exfoliare, to strip of leaves < L ex-, out + folium, a leaf: see foil
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verb ex·fo·li·at·ed, ex·fo·li·at·ing, ex·fo·li·ates verb, transitive
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Origin: Latin exfoliāre, exfoliāt-, to strip of leaves
Origin: : ex-, ex-
Origin: + folium, leaf; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots
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