different between deciduous vs sweetshrub

English

From Latin d?ciduus (“falling down or off”), from d?cid? (“fall down”)

deciduous (not comparable)

(biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
Antonyms: persistent, permanent
(botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.
Antonyms: evergreen, sempervirent. Cf. caducous.
Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting.

Wikispecies

sweet +? shrub

sweetshrub (usually uncountable, plural sweetshrubs)

A deciduous flowering plant of the Calycanthus genus with aromatic bark and flowers.

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