deciduous
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
deciduous (not comparable)
- (biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
- Antonyms: persistent, permanent
- (botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
- Antonyms: evergreen, sempervirent. Cf. caducous.
- Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.
- French: caduc, décidual
- Italian: caduco, deciduo
- Portuguese: caduco, decíduo
- Russian: сбра́сываемый
- Spanish: caduco, deciduo
- French: à feuilles caduques, caducifolié
- German: (deciduous tree) Laubbaum; (deciduous forest) Laubwald; (as an adjective) sommergrün, laubabwerfend
- Italian: caducifoglio
- Portuguese: caducifólio
- Russian: ли́ственный
- Spanish: caducifolio, de hoja caduca
- Portuguese: efêmero, transitório
- Russian: быстроте́чный
- Spanish: efímero, transitorio, fugaz
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