deciduous.
Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
Meaning & usage
Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
a deciduous tree
Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin dēcidō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin dēciduuslbor. English deciduous Learned borrowing from Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“to fall down or off”) + -uus.
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