defoliates

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İngilizce - İngilizce
third-person singular of defoliate
defoliate
To remove foliage from one or more plants, most often with a chemical agent
defoliate
Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall
defoliate
deprived of leaves
defoliate
{f} remove leaves (from trees or plants); lose leaves (of trees)
defoliate
To remove leaves from plants, trees or shrubs
defoliate
strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides"
defoliate
To remove the leaves of plants
defoliate
To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy. Dioxin was the ingredient in Agent Orange, used to defoliate Vietnam. + defoliation de·fo·lia·tion preventing defoliation of trees by caterpillars. to use defoliant on a plant or tree
defoliate
To strip a plant of its leaves
defoliate
strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides