Deciduous meaning
The definition of deciduous is something that sheds after a period of time, such as a tree or a shrub that sheds its leaves annually or the milk teeth of a mammal that are shed as the mammal grows.
A tree that loses its leaves annually is an example of a deciduous tree.
adjective
Shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season.
Deciduous trees.
adjective
Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth.
Deciduous antlers; deciduous leaves.
adjective
Of or relating to the primary teeth.
adjective
Falling off or out at a certain season or stage of growth, as some leaves, antlers, insect wings, or milk teeth.
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Shedding leaves annually.
adjective
Short-lived; temporary.
adjective
Relating to the primary teeth.
adjective
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.
Falling off or shed at a particular season or stage of growth, as antlers.
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(biology) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
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Origin of deciduous
From Latin dēciduus from dēcidere to fall off dē- de- cadere to fall kad- in Indo-European roots