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Definition of Denudate

1. Adjective. Without the natural or usual covering. "Bare hills"

2. Verb. Lay bare. "They denudate the trees"; "Denude a forest"

Definition of Denudate

1. v. t. To denude.

Definition of Denudate

1. to denude [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] - See also: denude

Lexicographical Neighbors of Denudate

denturist denturists denuclearisation denuclearisations denuclearise denuclearised denuclearises denuclearising denuclearization denuclearizations

denuclearize denuclearized denuclearizes denuclearizing denucleated denudate (current term) denudated denudates denudating denudation

denudational denudations denude denuded denudement denudements denuder denuders denudes denuding

Literary usage of Denudate

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

1. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... or somewhat denudate and ... Densely floccose-tomentose, sometimes denudate in age, a foot or two high from a thick root or ..."

2. A Synopsis of the Lichenes of New England, the Other Northern States, and by Edward Tuckerman (1848)
"Cr. innate in the matrix, becoming at length denudate, ... entire, denudate, persistent, immersed at the base, ostiole papillate, ..."

3. Flora Cestrica: An Herborizing Companion for the Young Botanists of Chester by William Darlington (1853)
"[ White] : Crust innate in the matrix, becoming at length denudate, white; perithecia subglobose, entire, denudate, persistent, immersed at the base, ..."

4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1899)
"It will denudate the monarchism of the former and justify our opposition to him, and the malignity of the latter which nullifies his testimony in all cases ..."

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