Caducous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Dropping off or shedding at an early stage of development, as the gills of most amphibians or the sepals or stipules of certain plants.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development.
  • adj. Tending to fall early.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having a tendency to fall or decay.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. shed at an early stage of development
  • Equivalent
    deciduous