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adj. - Shed at an early stage of development.

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Usage examples (21)
  • Most amphibians have caducous gills
  • The first and the second glumes are unequal, persistent or separately caducous.
  • As “cloud racks up” above the lake, the poem racks up definitions for oligotrophic, eutrophic, caducous, absyssal, meanings for Toronto and Ontario.
  • Calyx with 5 erect segments, imbricated, caducous.
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  • The doctor thought of the "caduceus" (rod of Hermes with two snakes intertwined, symbol of the medical profession) as he watched the "caducous" (falling early) autumn leaves.
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