degreen (English, verb)
expansion: degreen (third-person singular simple present degreens, present participle degreening, simple past and past participle degreened)
Senses:
glosses: To remove the green pigment (chlorophyll) from the skins of mature fruit, typically by treatment with ethylene.
tags: transitive
glosses: Of fruit: to have the green pigment removed.
tags: ambitransitive
Forms:
form: degreens
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: degreening
tags: participle
present
form: degreened
tags: participle
past
form: degreened
tags: past