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▪ I. deflorate, a.|dɪˈflɔərət, ˈdɛflɒrət|
[ad. L. dēflōrāt-us, pa. pple. of dēflōrāre: see next. Cf. L. dēflōrēre to shed its bloom.]
1. Bot. Past the flowering state: applied to anthers that have shed their pollen, or to plants when their flowers have fallen.
1828Webster, Deflorate, in botany, having cast its farin, pollen, or fecundating dust. Martyn. 1858Gray Struct. Bot. Gloss., Deflórate, past the flowering age.
2. = deflowered; having lost virginity.
1883in Syd. Soc. Lex.
▪ II. deflorate, v. rare.|ˈdɛflɒreɪt|
In 5 defflorate.
[f. ppl. stem of late L. dēflōrāre to deprive of its flowers, ravish, f. de- I. 6 + flōs, flōr-em flower.]
†1. trans. To deflower (a woman). Obs.
c1470Harding Chron. cvii. vii, The women euer they diuiciate In euery place, and fouly defflorate.
2. To strip (a plant) of its flowers.
1829E. Jesse Jrnl. Nat. 165 They [the chaffinches] will deflorate too the spikes or whorls of the little red archangel. |
