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(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin exfoliō (“I strip of leaves”), from ex- (“out of”) + folium (“leaf”); compare effoliate and French exfolier.

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Hyphenation: ex‧fo‧li‧ate

exfoliate (third-person singular simple present exfoliat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle exfoliated)

To remove the leaves from a plant.
To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
(mineralogy) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.

to remove the leaves of a plant

to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation