defoliate

English

Etymology

de- +‎ foliate

Verb

defoliate (third-person singular simple present defoliates, present participle defoliating, simple past and past participle defoliated)

1. To remove foliage from one or more plants, most often with a chemical agent.

Agent Orange was used to defoliate jungle vegetation.

Translations

to remove foliage from plants

Bulgarian: обезлистявам (bg) French: défolier (fr)

German: entlauben (de) Swedish: avlöva

Derived terms

• defoliation
• defoliator

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Italian

Verb

defoliate

1. second-person plural present indicative of defoliare
2. second-person plural imperative of defoliare
3. second-person plural present subjunctive of defoliare
4. Feminine plural of defoliato