Defoliate meaning
To deprive (a plant or a vegetated area, for example) of leaves.
verb
To cause the leaves of (a plant or plants) to fall off, especially by the use of chemicals.
verb
To lose foliage.
verb
To strip (trees, etc.) of leaves.
verb
To use a defoliant on.
verb
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To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.
Agent Orange was used to defoliate jungle vegetation.
verb
Deprived of leaves; defoliated.
adjective
Origin of defoliate
Late Latin dēfoliāre dēfoliāt- Latin dē- de- Latin folium leaf bhel-3 in Indo-European roots