deciduous
- Adjective. (biology) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
- Adjective. (botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
- Adjective. transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.
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