EXFOLIATE is validvalid

[v EXFOLIATED, EXFOLIATES, EXFOLIATING] : EXFOLIATION [n], EXFOLIATOR [n]

98,538 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

to separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark [v EXFOLIATED, EXFOLIATING, EXFOLIATES]