caducous
/kəˈdjuːkəs/
caducous adjective: of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development.
Adjective
caducous (comparative more caducous, superlative most caducous)
- Of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development.
- The Jubulaceae have a leaf whose lobule, usually transformed into a water-sac, is normally very narrowly attached to the stem and to the dorsal lobe; indeed some Frullania taxa reproduce vegetatively by dropping the dorsal lobes, but not the lobules, and Neohattoria has caducous lobules but...1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4
- Tending to fall early.
- caducous leaves
caducous meaning in Tamil and Bengali
caducous in Tamil
- முன்னுதிருகின்ற
caducous in Bengali
- অকালে ঝরে পড়ে এমন
Forms of caducous
| comparative | more caducous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most caducous |
Origin of caducous
Latin cadūcus (“falling; transitory”).
Words formed from caducous
Questions about caducous
- What does caducous mean?
- Caducous means of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development.
- What is caducous in Tamil?
- Caducous in Tamil is முன்னுதிருகின்ற. See Caducous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is caducous?
- Caducous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce caducous?
- Caducous is pronounced /kəˈdjuːkəs/.
Words near caducous in the dictionary
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