意味(日本語)

落葉する ◇de(＝apart)、L.folia(＝葉)

語源

• foli- : L.folium = leaf(葉)

意味(英語)

• (verb-transitive) To deprive (a plant, tree, or forest) of leaves.
• (verb-transitive) To cause the leaves of (a plant, tree, or forest) to fall off, especially by the use of chemicals.
• (verb-intransitive) To lose foliage.

例文

• Six months ago, Gary hired a goateed designer to "defoliate" the office,  trucking out all the ficus trees and spanish moss to make room for curved sheets of fiberglass and, as he called it, "negative space."