deciduous
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Is deciduous a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.Examples: "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."Antonyms: persistent, permanentnot-comparable
2. (botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.Examples: ". Compare caducous."; "a deciduous tree"Synonyms: perdifoilAntonyms: evergreen, sempervirentnot-comparable
3. (figurative) Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.figurativelynot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary