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deciduous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??s?d???s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /d??s?d.ju.?s/, /d??s?d.ju.?s/

Adjective

deciduous (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

  • decay
  • decadence
  • decidence

Translations

Further reading

  • deciduous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

deciduous From the web:

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  • what deciduous mean
  • what deciduous forest
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  • what deciduous forest biome


whitewood

English

Etymology

white +? wood

Noun

whitewood (countable and uncountable, plural whitewoods)

  1. Any of several deciduous trees that are used for furniture, especially the tulip tree.
  2. The wood of these trees.
  3. (pinball) A prototype version of a pinball table, without the final artwork.
    • 2001, Jacqueline L. Longe, How Products are Made
      When the design seems satisfactory, the whitewood is wired to make it playable. Meanwhile the software developer has been creating the unique software to control the game.

Anagrams

  • wood white

whitewood From the web:

  • what is whitewood lumber
  • what is whitewood at lowes
  • what is whitewood board
  • what is whitewood at home depot
  • what is whitewood timber
  • what is whitewood used for
  • what is whitewood board made of
  • what is whitewood spruce
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