| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| defoliate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·fo·li·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -f  l- t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: de·fo·li·at·ed, de·fo·li·at·ing, de·fo·li·ates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To deprive (a plant, tree, or forest) of leaves. 2. To cause the leaves of (a plant, tree, or forest) to fall off, especially by the use of chemicals. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To lose foliage. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin dfolire, dfolit- : Latin d-, de- + Latin folium, leaf; see bhel-3 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | de·foli·ate (- t) —ADJECTIVE
de·foli·ation —NOUN
de·foli·ator —NOUN
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