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Definition of Defoliate

Defoliate
Defoliate De*fo"li*ate, Defoliated De*fo"li*a`ted a. Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.

Meaning of Defoliate from wikipedia

- United States military. The environmental destruction caused by this defoliation has been described by Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, lawyers, historians...
- Defoliation bacilli bombs, made between 1932 and 1933, were used by the Imperial ****anese Army to spread bubonic plague across China. The deployment of...
- million acres of forests and crops by the air force. They were used to defoliate large parts of the countryside to prevent the Viet Cong from being able...
- Eligma narcissus, the ailanthus defoliator, is a moth in the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in tropical...
- USDA plant hardiness zone 5,[citation needed] although they typically defoliate and may even lose all above-ground growth, yet the rhizomes survive and...
- moth (Lymantria dispar), which infests primarily oaks, causing severe defoliation and tree mortality. But it also has the benefit of eliminating weak individuals...
- processionea), has emerged in the UK since 2006. The caterpillars of this species defoliate the trees and are hazardous to human health; their bodies are covered...
- Cirina forda, the pallid emperor moth or shea defoliator, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by John O. Westwood in 1849...
- directly by exposure to the chemical and 24% of Vietnam's land being defoliated. Since the early 2000s, Vietnam has made significant progress in combating...
- Amata p****alis, the sandalwood defoliator, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781. It is found in Sri Lanka...