'Deciduous' definitions:
Definition of 'deciduous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season [ant: evergreen]
adjective
(of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth; "deciduous teeth"
Definition of 'Deciduous'
From: GCIDE
- Deciduous \De*cid"u*ous\ (?; 135), a. [L. deciduus, fr. dec?dere to fall off; de- + cadere to fall. See Chance.] (Biol.) Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deciduous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arborary,
- arboreal,
- arboreous,
- arborescent,
- arboresque,
- arborical,
- arboriform,
- brittle,
- bushlike,
- bushy,
- capricious,
- changeable,
- citrous,
- collapsing,
- coniferous,
- corruptible,
- declining,
- declivitous,
- decurrent,
- dendriform,
- dendritic,
- dendroid,
- descendant,
- descending,
- down,
- down-reaching,
- downcoming,
- downfalling,
- downgoing,
- downhill,
- downsinking,
- downward,
- drooping,
- dropping,
- dying,
- ephemeral,
- evanescent,
- evergreen,
- fading,
- falling,
- fickle,
- fleeting,
- flitting,
- fly-by-night,
- flying,
- fragile,
- frail,
- fugacious,
- fugitive,
- half-hardy,
- hardwood,
- hardy,
- impermanent,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- inconstant,
- insubstantial,
- momentary,
- mortal,
- mutable,
- nondeciduous,
- nondurable,
- nonpermanent,
- on the descendant,
- on the downgrade,
- passing,
- perennial,
- perishable,
- piny,
- plummeting,
- plunging,
- sagging,
- scrubbly,
- scrubby,
- scrublike,
- setting,
- short-lived,
- shrubby,
- shrublike,
- sinking,
- softwood,
- submerging,
- subsiding,
- temporal,
- temporary,
- tottering,
- transient,
- transitive,
- transitory,
- treelike,
- tumbledown,
- undurable,
- unenduring,
- unstable,
- volatile