deciduous
IPA: dɪsˈɪdʒuʌs
adjective
- (biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
- (botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
- Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.
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Examples of "deciduous" in Sentences
- The species occurs in deciduous forests and scrub.
- Azaleas 2010-deciduous, that is « Fairegarden
- They live inside the hedgerows or near deciduous trees.
- The larvae probably feed on the leaves of deciduous trees.
- The hybrid is deciduous, and the leaves are shed in autumn.
- Deciduous trees tend to shed the branch, and heal over the wound.
- It occurs in coniferous and deciduous forests throughout the world.
- The thorny varieties are replacing the trees with deciduous leaves.
- Leaf senescence is the cause of autumn leaf color in deciduous trees.
- The larva feed on various deciduous trees such as oak, birch and sallow.
- This endemic plant is located in deciduous woodlands in the eastern area.
- Kutaisi is surrounded by deciduous forests to the northeast and the northwest.
- OK, here's the answer: Baby teeth are correctly referred to as deciduous teeth.
- It is surrounded on all sides with an assemblage of every kind of deciduous plants.
- Marmosa is very well adapted to dry habitats, and is mainly found in deciduous forest.
- Those of the first set appear in childhood, and are called the deciduous or milk teeth.
- "Because they shed their leaves every autumn and are furnished with a new set in the spring: 'deciduous' is Latin for 'falling off.'
- The spiny thicket or "spiny desert" of southern Madagascar, also referred to as deciduous thicket, is a globally distinctive ecoregion.
- 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.