1) Brief 2) Ephemerous 3) Evanescent 4) Fleeting 5) Fugacious 6) Impermanent 7) Passing 8) Temporary 9) Transient 10) Transitory
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1) Evanescent 2) Fleeting 3) Fugacious 4) Here today, gone tomorrow 5) Impermanent 6) Lasting a very short time 7) Passing 8) Passing quickly 9) Short-lived 10) Temporary 11) Transient 12) Transitory
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short-lived.
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short-lived
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• (a.) Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower. • (n.) Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc. • (a.) Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.
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Short lived or of short duration.
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Short-lived; in flowers referring to those which last a few hours or less.
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(from the article `desert`) Another typical feature of desert floras is their large proportion of ephemeral plants, which survive dry periods as resistant, dormant seeds. After ... ...oases. Elsewhere, the vegetation is discontinuous and consists of two main types: perennials with huge root systems and sparse aerial parts, often ... ...
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describes a plant or flower that lasts for only a short time or blooms only occasionaly when conditions are right
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Short-lived. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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describes a plant or flower that lasts for only a short time or blooms only occasionaly when conditions are right
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Plant with a short life-cycle, producing several generations in a year; flowers persisting for one day only.
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E·phem'er·al adjective 1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an
ephemeral flower.
2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only. '
Ephemeral popularity.'
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Persisting for one day only, as flowers of spiderwort.
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(Gk: epi-=upon ; hemera=day; ephemeros lasting one day) short-lived, transitory. Lasting only one day.
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ephemeral 1. Lasting for only a short period of time and leaving no permanent trace; short-lived; transitory. 2. Living or lasting only for a day, as certain plants or insects do. 3. Beginning and ending in a day. 4. Etymology: Ephemeral, now used fairly loosely for 'transitory', originally meant specifically 'lasting only one day'. It comes fro...
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an annual plant with an extremely short lifespan measured in a few weeks or very few months; characteristic growthform of desert forbs.
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Of insects, flowers, etc.: Existing for one day only, or for a very few days.
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passing adjective lasting a very short time; `the ephemeral joys of childhood`; `a passing fancy`; `youth`s transient beauty`; `love is transitory but at is eternal`; `fugacious blossoms`
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Refers to wetlands that remain dry for long periods, only filling during periods of high rainfall, e.g. Nylsvley wetland, Limpopo Province.
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lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood. · lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower.
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Being present only briefly, as in naturally occurring mussel beds.
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[SAT terms] anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
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[PSAT glossary] anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
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anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
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