1. to remove leaves from a plant or tree
Usage: transitive verb; often used in agriculture and horticulture

Examples

• The farmer had to deleaf the tobacco plants before harvest.
• Heavy winds deleafed many of the trees in the forest.
• Gardeners sometimes deleaf grapevines to improve air circulation.
• The disease caused insects to deleaf the entire orchard.
• We deleafed the lower branches to allow better sunlight penetration.