English Explanatory Dictionary

deciduous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
  2. Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
  3. Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs/ /dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.u.əs/ en-us-deciduous.ogg en-au-deciduous.ogg

Word forms

deciduous

Etymology

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

Synonyms

perdifoil

Antonyms

persistent permanent evergreen sempervirent

Related words

decay decadence decidence

Derived words

brevideciduous deciduosity deciduous camellia deciduous holly deciduously deciduousness deciduous tooth deciduous winterberry indeciduous nondeciduous semideciduous subdeciduous undeciduous
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