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<a href="/browse/transitory">transitory</a>.</div></div></span></li></ol><div class="pzAb4KG141SuMsit5NFK"><hr/><div></div><hr/></div></div></section></div></div></section><section class="LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab" data-type="british-dictionary-entries-module"><div class=""><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="RU3P4mEiPC1uju7Hv6Yw" data-type="dictionary-headword-module"><div class="bZjAAKVoBi7vttR0xUts"><p class="elMfuCTjKMwxtSEEnUsi">deciduous</p><div class="AooatC8noO9cmWd95rMo"></div></div><div class="aB40zqNSml1nCbUuOh7V" data-type="pronunciation-toggle"><p>/ <!-- -->dɪˈsɪdjʊəs<!-- --> /</p></div></section><section class="uLEIc6UAEiaBDDj6qSnO" data-type="part-of-speech-module"><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW" id="british-deciduous-adjective"><h2>adjective</h2></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ E53FcpmOYsLLXxtj5omt" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- --> <!-- -->(of trees and shrubs) shedding all leaves annually at the end of the growing season and then having a dormant period without leaves<!-- --> <!-- -->Compare <a href="/browse/evergreen">evergreen</a></div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->(of antlers, wings, teeth, etc) being shed at the end of a period of growth</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><em>rare.</em> </div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- -->impermanent; transitory<!-- --> <!-- -->Compare <a href="/browse/evergreen">evergreen</a></div></div></span></li></ol><footer class="AxYkjCDUNGVRDUdjTF4Q">“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. 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Most deciduous plants bear flowers and have woody stems and broad rather than needlelike leaves. Maples, oaks, elms, and aspens are deciduous.</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->Compare<!-- --> <a href="/browse/evergreen">evergreen</a>See more at<!-- --> <a href="/browse/abscission">abscission</a></div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->Falling off or shed at a particular season or stage of growth, as antlers.</div></div></span></li></ol></div></section></div></div></section><div data-wknd-infeed-div="true"></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab"><section class="ZRyGSoOaZ3Rb9xtDl6NS" data-type="derived-forms"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT eEszY3Oh_xE_apygWxwy" id="derived-forms">Discover More</div><h2 class="SsrXR02mVCMwUHI7JiK1">Derived Forms</h2><ul><li><strong>deˈciduousness</strong>, <span>noun</span></li><li><strong>deˈciduously</strong>, <span>adverb</span></li></ul></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="ZScNxuAtfMdhoCsqbzGi" data-type="other-words-from"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT hFymlk9KE06_fSxWotl3" id="other-words-from">Discover More</div><h2 class="hjIscPSvedrZbuT26ZYc">Other Words From</h2><ul><li><strong>de·cidu·ous·ly<!-- --> </strong>adverb</li><li><strong>de·cidu·ous·ness<!-- --> </strong>noun</li><li><strong>nonde·cidu·ous<!-- --> </strong>adjective</li><li><strong>nonde·cidu·ous·ly<!-- --> </strong>adverb</li><li><strong>nonde·cidu·ous·ness<!-- --> </strong>noun</li></ul></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="bLQY4HuOoBYj7mHuUnvO" data-type="origins-module"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT v64dancTwzffhlHDy4y0" id="word-history-and-origins">Discover More</div><h2>Word History and Origins</h2><div class="yX4FEAQxKpoMaTLO2pCw"><p>Origin of<!-- --> <a class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" href="/browse/deciduous">deciduous<sup>1</sup></a></p><div>First recorded in <!-- -->1650–60; <!-- -->from <em>Latin </em><em>dēciduus </em>“tending to fall, falling,” equivalent to <em>dēcid(ere) </em>“to fall off, down” ( <em>dē- </em>verb prefix of removal) + <em>-cidere </em>(combining form of <em>cadere </em>“to fall”) + <em>-uus </em>adjective suffix. <!-- -->See <a href="/browse/de">de-</a>,<!-- --> <a href="/browse/ous">-ous</a></div></div></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab"><section class="bLQY4HuOoBYj7mHuUnvO" data-type="origins-module"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT v64dancTwzffhlHDy4y0" id="word-history-and-origins">Discover More</div><h2>Word History and Origins</h2><div class="yX4FEAQxKpoMaTLO2pCw"><p>Origin of<!-- --> <a class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" href="/browse/deciduous">deciduous<sup>1</sup></a></p><div>C17: from Latin <em>dēciduus </em>falling off, from <em>dēcidere </em>to fall down, from <em>cadere </em>to fall</div></div></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section data-type="example-sentences-module"><div 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href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240528114315.htm" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:Science Daily" data-linktype="link" data-linkurl="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240528114315.htm" rel="nofollow">Science Daily</a></div></div><div class="dkA1ih27tI9o0MHLDxKt"><p>In many areas, deciduous shrubs and trees, like willow and aspen, are moving in after a fire.</p><div>From<!-- --> <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240416214634.htm" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:Science Daily" data-linktype="link" data-linkurl="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240416214634.htm" rel="nofollow">Science Daily</a></div></div><div class="dkA1ih27tI9o0MHLDxKt"><p>Trips to the dentist have taught me that candy and sweet juices destroy deciduous teeth.</p><div>From<!-- --> <a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/04/09/useful-hacks-or-outright-lies-that-can-trick-into-healthy-eating/" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:Salon" data-linktype="link" data-linkurl="https://www.salon.com/2024/04/09/useful-hacks-or-outright-lies-that-can-trick-into-healthy-eating/" rel="nofollow">Salon</a></div></div><div class="dkA1ih27tI9o0MHLDxKt"><p>Members of her species didn’t take their first upright steps in open savanna grasslands, as her discoverers thought, but walked first in a grassy woodland with deciduous trees.</p><div>From<!-- --> <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/was-lucy-mother-us-all-fifty-years-discovery-famed-skeleton-rivals" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:Science Magazine" 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