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Exfoliate

//ɛksˈfoʊlieɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the leaves from a plant.
  2. 2
    grow by producing or unfolding leaves wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
  4. 4
    come off in a very thin piece wordnet
  5. 5
    To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.
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  1. 6
    remove the surface, in scales or laminae wordnet
  2. 7
    cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters wordnet
  3. 8
    spread by opening the leaves of wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin exfoliō (“I strip of leaves”), from ex- (“out of”) + folium (“leaf”); compare effoliate and French exfolier.

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