DEFLORATE

Adjective

deflorate (not comparable)

(botany) Past the flowering state.

Verb

deflorate (third-person singular simple present deflorates, present participle deflorating, simple past and past participle deflorated)

(transitive, botany) To remove the flowers from.

(transitive, archaic) To take the virginity of; to deflower.

Synonym: deflower

Anagrams

• floreated, refloated

Source: Wiktionary


De*flo"rate, a. Etym: [LL. defloratus, p. p. of deflorare. See Deflour.] (Bot.)

Definition: Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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