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Definition of Defoliating
1. defoliate [v] - See also: defoliate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defoliating
Literary usage of Defoliating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of by Thomas Belt (1888)
"... Vegetables—Dependence of flowers on insects for their fertilisation —Insect
plagues—Leaf-cutting ants—Their method of defoliating trees—Their nests—Some ..."
2. The American Journal of Science, & C (1818)
"Butternut defoliating. 28. Elm beginning to defoliate. October 2. ... Sugar-maple
and sycamore defoliating. 26. Blackbirds arrived again. ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1911)
"This species was reported to the Division last year as defoliating the maples in a
... During the present year it was reported as defoliating maples in the ..."
4. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"The defoliating effect may not begin until two or three weeks after spraying and
then gradually increases until the entire trees are bare, resulting in ..."
5. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1922)
"Common and to a considerable extent defoliating the host. 39. ... defoliating a
cultivated clump of the host plant. Edible Mushrooms of Kansas. ..."
6. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them by Edward James Wickson (1914)
"For Codlin Moth and most defoliating insects. Not to be used along coast or moist
situations where injury is likely to result to foliage. 17a. PARIS GREEN. ..."
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