DECIDUOUS

Deciduous

Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally, and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe. In a more general sense, deciduous means the dropping of a part that is no longer needed, or falling away after its purpose is finished. In plants it is the result of natural processes. Deciduous has a similar meaning when referring to animal parts, such as deciduous antlers in deer, or deciduous teeth, also known as baby teeth, in some mammals .

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deciduous

Adjective

  1. Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
  2. Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
  3. transitory, ephemeral, not lasting


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