DECIDUOUS | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of deciduous in English deciduousadjective   biology   specialized uk /dɪˈsɪdʒ.u.əs/ us /dɪˈsɪdʒ.u.əs/ Add to word list Add to word list A deciduous tree loses its leaves in autumn and grows new ones in the spring. Compare evergreen adjective relating to body parts that fall out or fall off and are replaced by new ones, for example a child's or young animal's first teeth Trees - general words

• arboreal
• barky
• black walnut
• bosky
• burl
• burr
• dendrophile
• emergent
• evergreen
• ironwood
• leafless
• old growth
• pine barrens
• sapling
• shade tree
• state tree
• tiller
• timberline
• walnut
• weeping

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Relating to particular parts of the body

• A very ornamental deciduous shrub, but often green throughout the winter. 
• He wished me to alternate the planting with deciduous trees. 
• The forests are evergreen—mainly firs and cedars—and on the streets here are maple and other deciduous trees. 
• The leaves—lance-shaped, smooth, and deciduous—appear after the flowers. 
• This is a wide-spreading tree with deciduous foliage, and armed with spines along the branches. 

(Definition of deciduous from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

deciduous | American Dictionary

deciduousadjective [ not gradable ] us /dɪˈsɪdʒ·u·əs/ Add to word list Add to word list biology (of a tree) losing its leaves in the fall (Definition of deciduous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of deciduous

deciduous An increasing time lag between maximum leaf fall and leaf flush was observed in the order evergreen, brevi-deciduous, deciduous and stem-succulent. From the Cambridge English Corpus Our findings suggest that established seedlings of common shade-tolerant tree species in this semi-deciduous forest may be tolerant of severe drought events. From the Cambridge English Corpus The findings suggest that, once established, seedlings of common tree species in this semi-deciduous forest may be tolerant of drought events. From the Cambridge English Corpus The model used site (riparian vs. deciduous), presence of galling insects (leaves with galls vs. leaves without galls) and individual plant as the independent variables. From the Cambridge English Corpus The exception is the central semi-deciduous forest, where remaining forest is highly fragmented. From the Cambridge English Corpus They are all deciduous, and there is little if any undergrowth. From the Cambridge English Corpus Five different pits were used in the study, with three being in the riverine area and two in the deciduous woodland. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, in many cases the woods produced by deciduous and evergreen conifers may be distinguished from one another on the basis of percentage skew values. From the Cambridge English Corpus In addition, deciduous foliage units typically have small leaves at the base that grade into mature leaves more distally. From the Cambridge English Corpus The peninsula contains different types of tropical vegetation such as tropical deciduous forest, thorn scrub, mangroves, grassland, marshlands and dunes. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the evergreen forest site the most well-drained positions have paler colours than at equivalent positions in the semi-deciduous forest site. From the Cambridge English Corpus Most are canopy or emergent trees that rely on insect or bat pollinators and vertebrate seed dispersers; none is known to be dioecious or deciduous. From the Cambridge English Corpus Responses to canopy openings in architectural development of saplings in eight deciduous broadleaved tree species. From the Cambridge English Corpus Five partly deciduous species exhibited marked intraspecific variation in the seasonal extent of leaf loss. From the Cambridge English Corpus Factors influencing sapling composition in canopy gaps of a temperate deciduous forest. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of deciduous These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of deciduous?

Translations of deciduous

in Chinese (Traditional) （樹木）落葉的, （身體組織）脫落的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （树木）落叶的, （身体组织）脱落的… See more in Spanish de hoja caduca, deciduo… See more in Portuguese decíduo… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian sonbaharda yapraklarını döken, (sonbaharda) yapraklarını döken… See more décidu… See more loof-… See more opadavý… See more løvfældende… See more rontok… See more ซึ่งผลัดใบ… See more kỳ rụng lá… See more zrzucający liście, liściasty… See more lövfällande… See more meluruhkan daun… See more Laub-…… See more løv(tre)… See more такий, що періодично втрачає листя… See more Need a translator?

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