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exfoliate

Best crossword clue

"Shed surface layers"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɛksˈfoʊlieɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeefilotxStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1E2X3F4O5L6I7A8T9E

Definitions

  1. grow by producing or unfolding leaves

Word origin

From Late Latin exfoliō (“to strip of leaves”), from ex- (“out of”) + folium (“leaf”); compare effoliate and French exfolier.

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