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deciduous

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de·cid·u·ous  (d-sj-s)
adj.
1. Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth: deciduous antlers; deciduous leaves; deciduous teeth.
2. Shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season: deciduous trees.
3. Not lasting; ephemeral.

[From Latin dciduus, from dcidere, to fall off : d-, de- + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]

de·cidu·ous·ly adv.
de·cidu·ous·ness n.

deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjʊəs]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of trees and shrubs) shedding all leaves annually at the end of the growing season and then having a dormant period without leaves Compare evergreen [1]
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of antlers, wings, teeth, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth
3. Rare impermanent; transitory Compare evergreen [2]
[from Latin dēciduus falling off, from dēcidere to fall down, from cadere to fall]
deciduously  adv
deciduousness  n

deciduous  (d-sj-s)
1. Shedding leaves at the end of a growing season and regrowing them at the beginning of the next growing season. Most deciduous plants bear flowers and have woody stems and broad rather than needlelike leaves. Maples, oaks, elms, and aspens are deciduous. Compare evergreen. See more at abscission.
2. Falling off or shed at a particular season or stage of growth, as antlers.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.deciduous - (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
evergreen - (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year
2.deciduous - (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth; "deciduous teeth"
caducous, shed - shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy"
Translations
deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjʊəs] ADJ [tree] → de hoja caduca

deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjʊəs] adj [tree] → à feuilles caduques

deciduous
adj leavesdie jedes Jahr abfallen; antlersdas abgeworfen wird; deciduous tree/forestLaubbaum m/-wald m

deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjʊəs] adjdeciduo/a
deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjʊəs] adjdeciduo/a

deciduous
adj deciduous [diˈsidjuəs, (American ) -dʒuəs]
(of trees) having leaves that fall in autumn Oaks are deciduous trees. bladwisselend مُتَساقِط، مُتَناثِر широколистен opadavý løvfældende Laub-... φυλλοβόλος de hoja caduca heitlehine برگریز؛ خزانگر lehtensä varistava décidu נָשִׁיר पर्णपाती listopadno drvo lombhullató rontok sumargrænn deciduo, caduco 落葉性の 낙엽성의 lapuotis lapu (koks) meluruhkan daun loof- løv(tre) zrzucający liście decíduo foios листопадный opadávajúci listnat listopadan lövfällande ซึ่งผลัดใบ (sonbaharda) yapraklarını döken (在成熟期或一定季節)脫落的 такий, що періодично втрачає листя وہ درخت جن کے پتے پتجھڑ کے موسم میں گر جاتے ہیں kỳ rụng lá


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Annual and perennial plants, deciduous and evergreen trees, plants inhabiting different stations and fitted for extremely different climates, can often be crossed with ease.
While the river margin was richly fringed with trees of deciduous foliage, the rough uplands were crowned by majestic pines, and firs of gigantic size, some towering to the height of between two and three hundred feet, with proportionate circumference.
Under foot the leaves were dry, and the foliage of some holly bushes which grew among the deciduous trees was dense enough to keep off draughts.
 
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