Defoliated vs Defoliates - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between defoliated and defoliates

is that defoliated is past tense of defoliate while defoliates is third-person singular of defoliate.

(head)

(defoliate)

(en-verb)

To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.

:: Agent Orange was used to defoliate jungle vegetation.

* defoliation * defoliator

(en adjective)

Deprived of leaves; defoliated.

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(head)

(defoliate)