Defoliate

English

Etymology

de- +‎ foliate

Verb

Infinitive to Defoliate

Third person singular defoliat

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Defoliate (third-person singular simple present defoliat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

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(bg) French: défolier fr(fr)

German: entlauben de(de) Swedish: avlöva

Derived terms

• defoliation
• defoliator

kn:defoliate vi:defoliate zh:defoliate