9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
verb strip the leaves or branches from
adjective deprived of leaves
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English foliate English defoliate From de- + foliate.
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