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What (who) is deciduous - definition

TREES OR SHRUBS THAT LOSE THEIR LEAVES SEASONALLY

Deciduous tree; Deciduous Forest; Decidious; Deciduous forest; Deciduous vegetation; Deciduous forests; Deciduous trees; Deciduous plants; Deciduous plant; Decidious tree; Decidual tree; Leaf fall; Deciduous leaves; Leaf-fall; Deciduousness; Deciduous wood; Desiduous tree; Caducifolio; Decidious trees

deciduous

a.

(Bot.) Non-perennial, temporary, caducous.

Deciduous

·adj Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, ·etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.

deciduous

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¦ adjective

1. (of a tree or shrub) shedding its leaves annually. Often contrasted with evergreen.

2. denoting the milk teeth of a mammal, which are shed after a time.

Derivatives

deciduously adverb

deciduousness noun

Origin

C17: from L. deciduus (from decidere 'fall down or off') + -ous.

Wikipedia

Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit. The antonym of deciduous in the botanical sense is evergreen.

Generally, the term "deciduous" means "the dropping of a part that is no longer needed or useful" and the "falling away after its purpose is finished". In plants, it is the result of natural processes. "Deciduous" has a similar meaning when referring to animal parts, such as deciduous antlers in deer, deciduous teeth (baby teeth) in some mammals (including humans); or decidua, the uterine lining that sheds off after birth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous

Examples of use of deciduous

1. "When Irwin first mentioned deciduous trees, I thought it was nutty.

2. Evodia Daniellii Benn, belonging to Xanthoxylum piperitum family, is a deciduous large tree.

3. But as Lamb pointed out, comparable threats faced temperate rainforests and deciduous woodlands.

4. Now the National Trust plans to return the land to deciduous trees.

5. Magnolia is a deciduous bush which grows in ravines and on mountainsides except in some northern areas of Korea.