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Deciduous Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Deciduous has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season

2

(of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth

"deciduous teeth"

3

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

Related Terms
Antonyms
evergreen
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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