Exfoliate(v. i.) To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.
Exfoliate(v. i.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.
Exfoliate(v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of.
Exfoliated(imp. & p. p.) of Exfoliate
Exfoliating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exfoliate
Exfoliation(n.) The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
Exfoliative(a.) Having the power of causing exfoliation.
Exfoliative(n.) An exfoliative agent.
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