depetal

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English

Etymology

From de- +‎ petal.

Verb

depetal (third-person singular simple present depetals, present participle depetalling or depetaling, simple past and past participle depetalled or depetaled)

  1. (transitive) To strip of petals.
    Synonym: dispetal
    • 2007 October 21, Amy Serafin, “The Louvre Now Accepts the Living”, in New York Times:
      Across from it is “Danaë,” in which a giant blackened depetaled sunflower emerges from a pile of lead books.

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