Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season.
- adjective Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth.
- adjective Of or relating to the primary teeth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Falling or liable to fall, especially after a definite period of time; not perennial or permanent.
- Specifically— In botany: Falling off at maturity or at the end of the season, as petals, leaves, fruit, etc.: in distinction from
fugacious or caducous organs, which fall soon after their appearance, and frompersistent or permanent, or, as applied to leaves, fromevergreen . Losing the foliage every year: as, deciduous trees. - In zoology: Falling off at a certain stage of an animal's existence, as the hair, horns, and teeth of certain animals. Losing certain parts regularly and periodically, or at certain stages or ages: as, a deciduous insect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) 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
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
- adjective botany Of or pertaining to
trees which lose theirleaves inwinter or the dry season. - adjective
transitory ,ephemeral , not lasting
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
- adjective (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Marmosa is very well adapted to dry habitats, and is mainly found in deciduous forest.
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This endemic plant is located in deciduous woodlands in the eastern area.
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"Because they shed their leaves every autumn and are furnished with a new set in the spring: 'deciduous' is Latin for 'falling off.'
Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church
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Azaleas 2010-deciduous, that is « Fairegarden
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The spiny thicket or "spiny desert" of southern Madagascar, also referred to as deciduous thicket, is a globally distinctive ecoregion.
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The vegetation is characterized as deciduous or semi-deciduous due to seasonal drought and can be considered a homogeneous arboreal mass that is quite dense.
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Those of the first set appear in childhood, and are called the deciduous or milk teeth.
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OK, here's the answer: Baby teeth are correctly referred to as deciduous teeth.
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OK, here's the answer: Baby teeth are correctly referred to as deciduous teeth.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Stephen Sheldon Vail Valley, CO Colorado 2009
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It is surrounded on all sides with an assemblage of every kind of deciduous plants.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
100000656913442 commented on the word deciduous
Since the rate of decomposition is higher in deciduous than in coniferous forests nitrogen is probably more available in deciduous forests, further increasing production(dictionary)
September 23, 2010