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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 U.S. Air Force. They were used to defoliate large parts of the countryside to prevent the Viet Cong from being able...
- Insurgency (War of Liberation)." Operation Ranch Hand, a large-scale aerial defoliation effort using the herbicide Agent Orange, began on the roadsides of South...
- The hemlock moth (Agonopterix alstroemeriana), also known as the defoliating hemlock moth or poison hemlock moth, is a nocturnal moth species of the family...
- 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...
- 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...
- 000 ha (7,700,000 acres) or 31,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) of forest were defoliated. Defoliants eroded tree cover and seedling forest stock, making reforestation...
- with arid or semi-arid climates. During this period many native trees defoliate to save water. This is followed by the cooler monsoons, where the region...
- USDA plant hardiness zone 5,[citation needed] although they typically defoliate and may even lose all above-ground growth, yet the rhizomes survive and...