"defoliant" meaning in English

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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "agent used to defoliate plants",
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          "word": "Entlaubungsmittel"
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          "alt": "枯葉劑",
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          "roman": "goyeopje",
          "sense": "agent used to defoliate plants",
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          "sense": "agent used to defoliate plants",
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          "sense": "agent used to defoliate plants",
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          "word": "defoliante"
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          "sense": "agent used to defoliate plants",
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          "word": "дефоліант"
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      "sense": "agent used to defoliate plants",
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      "alt": "枯葉劑",
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      "roman": "goyeopje",
      "sense": "agent used to defoliate plants",
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      "sense": "agent used to defoliate plants",
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