depetal

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ petal.

Verb

depetal (third-person singular simple present depetals, present participle depetalling or depetaling, simple past and past participle depetalled or depetaled)

1. (transitive) To strip of petals.

   Synonym: dispetal

   • 2007 October 21, Amy Serafin, “The Louvre Now Accepts the Living”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Across from it is “Danaë,” in which a giant blackened depetaled sunflower emerges from a pile of lead books.

Anagrams

• petaled, pleated, telepad