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deciduous

UK/dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs//dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.u.əs/

deciduous adjective: describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.

Adjective

deciduous (not comparable)

  1. Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
    • 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.1911, Richard Lydekker, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Equidae
  2. Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
    • . Compare caducous.
    • a deciduous tree
    Synonyms:
    perdifoil
  3. (figuratively) Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.

deciduous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

deciduous in Hindi

पर्णपाती

deciduous in Tamil

இலையுதிர்க்கும், உதிருகின்ற, இலையுதிர்

deciduous in Marathi

पर्णपाती

deciduous in Telugu

ఆకురాల్చేది
More languagesFewer languages
deciduous in Malayalam
സ്ഥിരമായി നിൽക്കാത്ത, ഇലകൾ ശരത്കാലത്ത് ഉതിർന്നുപോകുന്ന, ഇലപൊഴിക്കുന്ന
deciduous in Kannada
ಪರ್ಣಪಾತಿ parṇapāti
deciduous in Nepali
पर्णपाती, पतझडी
deciduous in Arabic
نَفَضِي nafaḍī, نَفَضِية nafaḍiya

Examples of deciduous in a sentence

  • I dewikified "a kind of deciduous tree" to "a kind of deciduous tree".
  • The economy of Alma in Israel is based on hillculture: vineyards, deciduous fruit, olives, and vegetables.
  • Deciduous trees regrow their leaves every year.

All 17 example sentences with deciduous

Synonyms of deciduous

Antonyms

Origin of deciduous

Learned borrowing from Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“to fall down or off”) + -uus.

Words formed from deciduous

Phrases with deciduous

Questions about deciduous

What does deciduous mean?
Deciduous means describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
What is deciduous in Hindi?
Deciduous in Hindi is पर्णपाती. See Deciduous meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is deciduous?
Deciduous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce deciduous?
Deciduous is pronounced /dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs/ (UK).

Words near deciduous in the dictionary

  1. deciduogenic
  2. deciduoma
  3. deciduomas
  4. deciduomata
  5. deciduosity
  6. deciduous
  7. deciduous camellia
  8. deciduous camellias
  9. deciduous holly
  10. deciduous teeth
  11. deciduous tooth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: deciduous (page history and authors); deciduous (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deciduous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deciduous (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deciduous (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deciduous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deciduous (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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