deciduous

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And first let us find out what we can about the willow, because it is the first tree, with us, to become green in the spring, and, of that large class which is called deciduous_, the last one to lose its leaves And why are they called deciduous?_" asked Malcolm Because they shed their leaves every autumn and are furnished with a new set in the spring: 'deciduous' is Latin for 'falling off.'

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  1. adjective Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth: deciduous antlers; deciduous leaves; deciduous teeth.
  2. adjective Shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season: deciduous trees.
  3. adjective Not lasting; ephemeral.

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  • During the morus multicaulis epidemic, which spread over our country in 1838, Savannah, it is true, did not escape, and for a time the fever raged, with much violence, but the febrile action soon subsided, leaving no permanent benefit and only a few fields of waving foliage, as a deciduous memento of this frenzied excitement. —  Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe
  • When it grew back, it was deciduous -- hickory, oak, walnut Why'd it change It didn't But you said It didn't change. —  F ;SF; - vol 102 issue 01 - January 2002
  • From 1800+m we had gradually descended more than 1300m, passing through the entire gamut of moist evergreen, tea plantation, montane shola, sandal, moist through to dry deciduous, and eventually scrub forest. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Unlike the deciduous trees that lose their foliage, evergreen trees retain their leaves all the year-round.
  • We understand that the fall months are beautiful as the deciduous trees are in full bloom. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
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  1. From Latin dēciduus, from dēcidere, to fall off : dē-, de- + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French décidu = Spanish deciduo, from Latin deciduus, that falls down, from decidere, fall down, from de, down, + cadere, fall: see decay.
 

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