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verbdepetal (third-person singular simple present depetals, present participle (US) depetaling or (UK) depetalling, simple past and past participle (US) depetaled or (UK) depetalled)
present singular third person depetals · US participle present depetaling · UK participle present depetalling · US participle past depetaled · US past depetaled · UK participle past depetalled · UK past depetalled
- transitiveTo strip of petals.
Across from it is “Danaë,” in which a giant blackened depetaled sunflower emerges from a pile of lead books.
2007 October 21, Amy Serafin, “The Louvre Now Accepts the Living”, in New York TimesSynonyms: dispetal
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verbTo strip of petals.
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APA
depetal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depetal
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“depetal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depetal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depetal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depetal.
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