deflorateadj.
/dɪˈflɔːrət//ˈdɛflɒrət/ 1. Botany. Past the flowering state: applied to anthers that have shed their pollen, or to plants when their flowers have fallen.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Deflorate, in botany, having cast its farin, pollen, or fecundating dust. Martyn.
1857 A. Gray First Lessons Bot. Gloss. 212 Deflorate, past the flowering state, as an anther after it has discharged its pollien.
2. = deflowered adj.; having lost virginity.
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1883 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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defloratev.
/ˈdɛflɒreɪt/ rare.† 1. transitive. To deflower (a woman). Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [verb (transitive)] > take the virginity of
deflowera1382
depucel1440
defloratec1470
deflourisha1513
unmaiden?1577
devirginate1583
dismaiden1603
depucelate1611
disvirgin1611
woman1611
unmaid1637
unvirgin1638
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. cvii. vii The women euer they diuiciate In euery place, and fouly defflorate.
2. To strip (a plant) of its flowers.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of flowers
disflower1606
deflower1648
deflorate1829
1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 165 They [the chaffinches] will deflorate too the spikes or whorls of the little red archangel.
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