exfoliate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To remove the leaves from a plant.
To remove a layer of dead skin cells, as in cosmetic preparation.
To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.

/ɛksˈfoʊlieɪt/ /ɛksˈfəʊlieɪt/ en-us-exfoliate.ogg

exfoliate exfoliates exfoliating exfoliated

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

defoliate unleave unleaf

exfoliable exfoliant exfoliatin exfoliating exfoliation exfoliative exfoliator foliate foliation overexfoliate unexfoliated

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