Deciduous

//dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.u.əs//

"Deciduous" in a Sentence (11 examples)

The sunny side of the hill is full of deciduous trees.

We saw a beautiful orchid with deciduous leaves.

The teak is a deciduous tree that can grow to a height of 40 metres.

Peach trees are deciduous.

A deciduous forest is a forest whose trees drop leaves in the fall.

The ash is a deciduous tree.

Deciduous trees shed their leaves in autumn.

Sycamore is a common tree and one of the largest in the eastern deciduous forests.

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.

. Compare caducous.

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a deciduous tree

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