deciduous (redirected from deciduously)

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

Adjective

1. (of a tree) shedding all leaves annually

2. (of antlers or teeth) being shed at the end of a period of growth [Latin deciduus falling off]

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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 [dɪˈsɪdjuəs] adj → de hoja caduca

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deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjuəs] adj → à feuilles caduques

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deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjuəs] adj (tree, woods) → Laub-

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deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjuəs] adj → deciduo/a