deciduous

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Pronunciation

/dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs/(UK)

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/dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs/(UK) · /dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.u.əs/(US)

Definition of deciduous

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.

“In the Hippoidea there is generally the full series of 44 teeth, but the first premolar is often deciduous or wanting in the lower or in both jaws.”

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adj

(not-comparable)Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.

“In the Hippoidea there is generally the full series of 44 teeth, but the first premolar is often deciduous or wanting in the lower or in both jaws.”
(not-comparable)Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.

“. Compare caducous.”
“a deciduous tree”
(figuratively, not-comparable)Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.

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From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“to fall down”).

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