About The Word Deciduous
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Deciduous
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What's The Definition Of Deciduous?
[adj] (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
[adj] (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth; "deciduous teeth" Synonyms | Synonyms for Deciduous: broadleaf | broad-leafed | broad-leaved | caducous | shed Related Terms | Find terms related to Deciduous: arborary | arboreal | arboreous | arborescent | arboresque | arborical | arboriform | brittle | bushlike | bushy | capricious | changeable | citrous | collapsing | coniferous | corruptible | declining | declivitous | decurrent | dendriform | dendritic | dendroid | descendant | descending | down | downcoming | downfalling | downgoing | downhill | down-reaching | downsinking | downward | drooping | dropping | dying | ephemeral | evanescent | evergreen | fading | falling | fickle | fleeting | flitting | fly-by-night | flying | fragile | frail | fugacious | fugitive | half-hardy | hardwood | hardy | impermanent | impetuous | impulsive | inconstant | insubstantial | momentary | mortal | mutable | nondeciduous | nondurable | nonpermanent | on the descendant | on the downgrade | passing | perennial | perishable | piny | plummeting | plunging | sagging | scrubbly | scrubby | scrublike | setting | short-lived | shrubby | shrublike | sinking | softwood | submerging | subsiding | temporal | temporary | tottering | transient | transitive | transitory | treelike | tumbledown | undurable | unenduring | unstable | volatile See Also | Deciduous In Webster's Dictionary \De*cid"u*ous\ (?; 135), a. [L. deciduus, fr. dec?dere
to fall off; de- + cadere to fall. See {Chance}.] (Biol.)
Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain
season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves
(except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals,
such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or
parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous
trees; the deciduous membrane.
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