Deciduous Meaning
/dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjDescribing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
adjOf or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
Sentence Examples
The sunny side of the hill is full of deciduous trees.
We saw a beautiful orchid with deciduous leaves.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Maple and oak trees are ____ and lose their leaves each autumn.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The sunny side of the hill is full of ____ trees.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin dēcidō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin dēciduuslbor. English deciduous Learned borrowing from Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“to fall down or off”) + -uus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1911, Richard Lydekker, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Equidae:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Maple and oak trees are ____ and lose their leaves each autumn.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The sunny side of the hill is full of ____ trees.