deciduous
EN • English
//dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs//(UK)
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Definitions & Usage
adjective
#1(biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
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adjective
#2(botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
Example: “. Compare caducous.”
Example: “a deciduous tree”
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adjective
#3(figurative) Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.
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Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“In the Hippoidea there is generally the full series of 44 teeth, but the first premolar is often deciduous or wanting in the lower or in both jaws.”
— 1911, Richard Lydekker, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Equidae:
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