Definition of Defoliated

1. Adjective. Deprived of leaves.

Exact synonyms: Defoliate
Similar to: Leafless

Definition of Defoliated

1. Verb. (past of defoliate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Defoliated

1. defoliate [v] - See also: defoliate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defoliated

defocused
defocuses
defocusing
defocussed
defocusses
defocussing
defog
defogged
defogger
defoggers
defogging
defogs
defoliant
defoliants
defoliate
defoliated (current term)
defoliates
defoliating
defoliation
defoliations
defoliator
defoliators
defolliculated
deforce
deforced
deforcement
deforcements
deforceor
deforceors
deforcer

Literary usage of Defoliated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
""cat-claw," and had completely defoliated some of the bushes (Figs. 18 and 19). Other colonies were carrying in the small leather}' leaves and yellow ..."

2. Forest Health in the Inland West: A Symposium by David L. Adams, Lyn Morelan (1995)
"During this period a western spruce budworm outbreak heavily defoliated much of the area. The interdisciplinary team formed to evaluate the budworm ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The object of this paper is to show that the same simple quantitative relations suffice to account for the polar character of regeneration in a defoliated ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"That this is correct can be shown by cutting a defoliated stem of ... If it is true that in a long defoliated piece of stem only the two shoots of the ..."

5. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"Beech, lime, horse- chestnut and elm defoliated. S/>rouy!iton (E.)- Most swallows ... Most trees defoliated. 19th. Field Elm and Hawthorn defoliated. 28th. ..."

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