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deciduous

adj
/dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs/UK/dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.u.əs/US

Etymology

From Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“to fall down”).

  1. borrowed from dēciduus

Definitions

  1. Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of…

    Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.

    • 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.

  2. Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.

    • . Compare caducous.
    • a deciduous tree

  3. Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.

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Derived

brevideciduous, deciduosity, deciduous camellia, deciduous holly, deciduously, deciduousness, deciduous tooth, deciduous winterberry, indeciduous, nondeciduous, semideciduous, subdeciduous, undeciduous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at deciduous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at deciduous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at deciduous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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