defoliate

verb

1. （尤指用化学物质）除去…的叶
   to destroy the leaves of trees or plants, especially with chemicals

1. VERB （尤指战时）使落叶，去掉…的叶子，毁坏(某一地区)的绿色植物
   To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
   1. Dioxin was the ingredient in Agent Orange, used to defoliate Vietnam.
      越南战场上用于毁灭林区的“橙剂”，其成分是二氧杂芑。

1. Dioxin was the ingredient in Agent Orange, used to defoliate Vietnam.
   越南战场上用于毁灭林区的“橙剂”，其成分是二氧杂芑。
2. The tree is leafless [ defoliate].
   这棵树秃了。
3. The contribution of different organs to grain weight in different genotype wheat were studied through the treatments of defoliate, darken ear and darken stem.
   通过剪叶、包穗、包秆等处理研究了小麦不同器官对粒重的作用，并对其基因型差异进行了分析。
4. Plant solitary, sometimes in pairs on defoliate branchlets, ca.8 cm in diam.
   植株单生，有时成对在无小枝，直径约8厘米。
5. A herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas.
   越战中使用的导致森林地区树木落叶的除草剂。
6. Infestations of these caterpillars may defoliate oaks and other hardwood trees but usually do no permanent damage.
   这些毛虫的侵扰可能使橡树落叶和其他树木的硬木树但通常都没有永久性损伤。
7. In total, the vegetation types were evergreen broad-leaf forest, evergreen defoliate broadleaf mixed forest, coniferous forest and dwarf forest at mountain ridge according to altitude from low to high.
   从整体上看，海拔从低往高的森林植被类型分别为常绿阔叶林、常绿落叶阔叶混交林、针叶林和山顶矮灌。
8. The Advance of Studying on Chilling Requirement of Defoliate Fruits Forsythia Suspensa Vahl. belongs to Oleaceae's defoliate shrub.
   落叶果树需冷量的研究进展连翘是木犀科连翘属植物，落叶灌木，传统以果实入药。
9. Physocarpus amurensis belongs to Physocarpus of Rosaceae, which is a defoliate shrub. The genus Physocarpus includes approximately 20 species in the world, and the geographic distribution of this species is centred in North America in the world, only one species in China.
   风箱果（Physocarpusamurensis），蔷薇科风箱果属落叶灌木，该属全世界约20种，主产北美，在我国分布仅一种，而且是古老的残遗种。
10. So were there 7 ones in leave color to defoliate degree.
    叶色与落叶度有7个达极显著正相关程度；
11. Kinds of evergreen trees, 2 defoliate trees, 12 shrubs, a woody vine, 6 herbage flowers as well as 4 lawn and ground cover plants are included and most of them are defoliated.
    其中常绿乔木2种，落叶乔木2种，灌木12种，木质藤本1种，草本花卉6种，草坪及地被植物4种，且多数为落叶植物。
12. Results showed that: hay, defoliate leaves and branch of current year were the main food components of gorals. Total of 22 plant species belonging to 20 genus were foraged during winter.
    结果表明，斑羚冬季主要以枯草、落叶和当年生枝条为食，共取食20属，22种植物。

verb

1. strip the leaves or branches from
   1. defoliate the trees with pesticides

adj

1. deprived of leaves

   Synonym:    defoliated