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
- Azaleas 2010-deciduous, that is « Fairegarden
- This endemic plant is located in deciduous woodlands in the eastern area.
- 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.
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