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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
deciduous
adj : shedding foliage at the end of the growing season [ant: {evergreen}]
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