defoliateadj.

/dɪˈfəʊlɪət/

Etymology: < medieval Latin dēfoliātus: see defoliate v.

rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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‘Having cast, or being deprived of, its leaves’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1883).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

defoliatev.

/dɪˈfəʊlɪeɪt/

Etymology: < medieval Latin dēfoliāre, < de- prefix 1f + folium leaf. Compare defoil v.

transitive. To strip of leaves; also figurative.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of foliage or fruit > strip of leaves

bladec1440

disfulȝea1525

unleave1589

unleaf1598

defoil1601

disleaf1605

unfurnish1712

defoliate1793

1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 46. 366 To contemplate the decay of a great and ornamented mind..to see it defoliated and withered.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 173 One of these caterpillars..is often so numerous as to defoliate the apple trees by the road sides for miles.

1882 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 435 Arbutus Unedo was not only defoliated, but the stems..have been split.

Derivatives

deˈfoliator n. that which defoliates; an insect that strips trees of their leaves.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > that strips trees of leaves

defoliator1887

1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 580 Dr. Riley has published Bulletin No. 10 of the Division of Entomology, U.S. Dept. Agr., entitled ‘Our Shade-Trees and their Insect Defoliators’.

1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 428/2 The leaf defoliators, as the rose chafer and flea beetle.

1936 Forestry 10 47 Repeated attacks by such forest insects as defoliators.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	defoliate
释义	defoliateadj. /dɪˈfəʊlɪət/ Etymology: < medieval Latin dēfoliātus: see defoliate v. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Categories » ‘Having cast, or being deprived of, its leaves’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1883). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). defoliatev. /dɪˈfəʊlɪeɪt/ Etymology: < medieval Latin dēfoliāre, < de- prefix 1f + folium leaf. Compare defoil v. transitive. To strip of leaves; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of foliage or fruit > strip of leaves bladec1440 disfulȝea1525 unleave1589 unleaf1598 defoil1601 disleaf1605 unfurnish1712 defoliate1793 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 46. 366 To contemplate the decay of a great and ornamented mind..to see it defoliated and withered. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 173 One of these caterpillars..is often so numerous as to defoliate the apple trees by the road sides for miles. 1882 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 435 Arbutus Unedo was not only defoliated, but the stems..have been split. Derivatives deˈfoliator n. that which defoliates; an insect that strips trees of their leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > that strips trees of leaves defoliator1887 1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 580 Dr. Riley has published Bulletin No. 10 of the Division of Entomology, U.S. Dept. Agr., entitled ‘Our Shade-Trees and their Insect Defoliators’. 1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 428/2 The leaf defoliators, as the rose chafer and flea beetle. 1936 Forestry 10 47 Repeated attacks by such forest insects as defoliators. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.v.1793
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