depetalv.
/diːˈpɛtəl/ transitive. To remove the petals from (a flower).
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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 petals
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1936 L. MacNeice Let. 16 Aug. in W. H. Auden & L. MacNeice Lett. fr. Iceland (1937) iii. 33 We like to dream of..a lazy music hour by hour depetalling the daisy.
1949 E. Bowen Heat of Day xi. 202 Children..engaged innocently on some act of destruction—depetalling daisies, puffing at dandelion clocks.
Derivatives
deˈpetalled adj.
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1936 D. Gascoyne Man's Life is this Meat 42 The depetalled flower.
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