deciduous

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.

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

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de·cidu·ous·ly adv.

de·cidu·ous·ness n.

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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

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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.

Thesaurus

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

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

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deciduous

adj leaves → die jedes Jahr abfallen; antlers → das abgeworfen wird; deciduous tree/forest → Laubbaum m → /-wald m

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deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjʊəs] adj → deciduo/a

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deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjʊəs] adj → deciduo/a

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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 （在成熟期或一定季节）脱落的