Meaning of DECIDUOUS
| Pronunciation: | | di'sijoous
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | broadleaf, broad-leafed, broad-leaved, caducous, shed |
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| | Antonyms: | | evergreen | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Refers to a plant (usually a tree or shrub) that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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