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Look up: deciduous

  1. Deciduous
    plants that drop their leaves at the end of each growing season.
    Found on http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/mg/manual/

  2. Deciduous
    temporary, falling off
    Found on http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfac

  3. Deciduous
    Deciduous is a term referring to trees and shrubs that shed their leaves each year.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Deciduous
    These are plants that loose their leaves at the end of the growing season. Maple trees are a good example.
    Found on http://www.emilycompost.com/garden_gloss

  5. Deciduous
    Plants or trees that shed leaves or awns at a particular season or stage (leaf loss may also be induced by drought etc.).
    Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos

  6. Deciduous
    Deciduous trees and shrubs shed all their leaves in autumn and early winter. Plants lose a lot of water through their leaves, especially in windy weather, and this can be lethal in winter, so deciduous plants protect themselves by dropping their leaves and resting dormant until growth starts again in spring.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/glos

  7. Deciduous
    Trees which lose their leaves in winter.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/sch

  8. Deciduous
    from the Latin 'falling' it applies both to trees which lose their leaves in winter and teeth which are lost to make way for the permanent set.
    Found on http://www.eclipse.co.uk/moordent/glossa

  9. deciduous
    [adj] - (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth 2. [adj] - (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  10. Deciduous
    A plant that sheds its leaves in winter
    Found on http://www.unwinsdirect.co.uk/?PAGEID=42

  11. Deciduous
    A plant that drops its leaves in the fall or, in some cases, during drought.
    Found on http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/MedHerbGl

  12. Deciduous
    Falling off each season (as leaves); bearing deciduous parts (as trees).
    Found on http://www.naturedirect2u.com/Medicinal%

  13. deciduous
    pertaining to any plant organ or group of organs that is shed naturally Category: Botany and zoology
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  14. Deciduous
    De·cid'u·ous adjective [ Latin deciduus , from 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/16

  15. deciduous
    <botany> Refers to a plant (usually a tree or shrub) that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  16. deciduous
    adjective (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. deciduous
    having leaves that fall seasonally
    Found on http://www3.newberry.org/k12maps/glossar

  18. Deciduous
    `Deciduous` means `temporary` or `tending to fall off` (deriving from the Latin word `, to fall off) and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally. In a more specific sense deciduous means the dropping of a part that is no longer needed, or falling away after its use is finished. In plants it is the result of natural processes, in other fields the word has similar meaning, including deciduous antlers in d...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous

  19. deciduous
    (dә-sid´u-әs) falling off; subject to being shed, such as deciduous (primary) teeth. See tooth.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  20. Deciduous
    • (a.) 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.Deciduous:...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  21. deciduous
    Trees that shed their leaves regularly. they may be cold-deciduous and drop their leaves when the weather becomes cool (as in Autumn) or drought-deciduous, dropping their leaves when the water supply is low.
    Found on http://www.lpb.org/programs/forest/gloss

  22. Deciduous
    Plants that shed leaves at the end of the growing season.
    Found on http://www.suburban-lawn.com/plantcar/re

  23. Deciduous
    - reduction in amount of mineral in tissue. This reduction occurs when the crystals of apatite are dissolved, usually in an acid environment.
    Found on http://www.eclipse.co.uk/moordent/glossa

  24. Deciduous
    See primary teeth.
    Found on http://www.cigna.com/glossary/glossary.h

  25. DECIDUOUS
    A plant which sheds its leaves during some portion of the year.
    Found on http://www.neonaturalist.com/nature/natu


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