deciduous

About 1.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
2. adjective Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.

   . Compare caducous.

3. adjective Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

broadleaf broad-leaved broad-leafed leafy coniferous hardwood spike outdated obsolete lapsed

Often followed by

trees forest teeth forests and tree species shrub molars

Word family

deciduousness deciduousnesses