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Deciduous

//dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.u.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development. not-comparable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season. not-comparable

    ". Compare caducous."

  3. 3
    Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting. figuratively, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season wordnet
  2. 2
    (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth wordnet

Etymology

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

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