deciduous
pronunciation
How to pronounce deciduous in British English:
UK [dɪˈsɪdʒuəs]
How to pronounce deciduous in American English:
US [dɪˈsɪdʒuəs]
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- Adjective:
- (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
- (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth
Word Origin
- deciduous
- deciduous: see decay
- deciduous (adj.)
- 1680s, from Latin deciduus "that which falls off," from decidere "to fall off," from de- "down" (see de-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). Originally with reference to leaves, petals, teeth, etc.; specific sense of "trees whose leaves fall off" (opposed to evergreen) is from 1778.
Example
- 1. Deciduous perennial herbs of south africa .
- 2. The marula is a deciduous tree native to southern and eastern africa .
- 3. Deciduous horn of a member of the deer family .
- 4. Gradually the jaw movement profile of individual specif deciduous occlusion was formed .
- 5. Deciduous flowering trees and shrubs .