Meanings of defoliate in inglés

It can defoliate or seriously damage a plant in a matter of weeks.

The caterpillars defoliate oak trees.

Observes a late-leaved maple defoliate.

The rose-trees were soon defoliated, and great havoc was made amongst the cabbages.

They are a great annoyance, and have defoliated whole vineyards here last fall.

Animals could escape and completely defoliated areas were small.

The walnut caterpillar defoliates the trees but seldom kills them, although it does lower their value as shade trees.

245, moth), the well-known Currant worm, defoliates whole rows of currant bushes.

Similarly, "defoliated" connects with the chemical devastation of a conflict nearer our own time -the Vietnam War.

Key results: Defoliated trees did not die but grew significantly less than non-defoliated trees for at least 2 years after defoliation.

Salt-seared or defoliated shrubs, of species entirely unsuitable for coastal condition, and that look as if someone doused them in boiling water.

The waters of the Mighty Miss flowed thick and sluggish between their defoliated banks, the waters clouded and gray and choked with debris.

When his youngest child, Aladdin, came back from Vietnam, where he flew defoliating planes, he married Wauneta Hipsag and took over the ranch.

"What you oughta do is defoliate the hillside."

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.

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?