It can defoliate or seriously damage a plant in a matter of weeks.
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The caterpillars defoliate oak trees.
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Observes a late-leaved maple defoliate.
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The rose-trees were soon defoliated, and great havoc was made amongst the cabbages.
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They are a great annoyance, and have defoliated whole vineyards here last fall.
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Animals could escape and completely defoliated areas were small.
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The walnut caterpillar defoliates the trees but seldom kills them, although it does lower their value as shade trees.
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245, moth), the well-known Currant worm, defoliates whole rows of currant bushes.
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Similarly, "defoliated" connects with the chemical devastation of a conflict nearer our own time -the Vietnam War.
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Key results: Defoliated trees did not die but grew significantly less than non-defoliated trees for at least 2 years after defoliation.
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Salt-seared or defoliated shrubs, of species entirely unsuitable for coastal condition, and that look as if someone doused them in boiling water.
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The waters of the Mighty Miss flowed thick and sluggish between their defoliated banks, the waters clouded and gray and choked with debris.
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When his youngest child, Aladdin, came back from Vietnam, where he flew defoliating planes, he married Wauneta Hipsag and took over the ranch.
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"What you oughta do is defoliate the hillside."
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One year after defoliation, defoliated trees had similar NSC and N concentrations in woody tissues, higher polyphenol concentrations and lower re-foliation than non-defoliated trees.
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To have even fuchsia defoliated is surely something to bring out sympathy, but won't the leaves and flowers come again, when the weather improves?