Depetal

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To strip of petals. transitive

    "Across from it is “Danaë,” in which a giant blackened depetaled sunflower emerges from a pile of lead books."

Synonyms

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dispetal

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"Across from it is “Danaë,” in which a giant blackened depetaled sunflower emerges from a pile of lead books."

Etymology

From de- + petal.

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