deciduous trees

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• Deciduous trees Search —    Trees which lose their leaves every winter, only to have them grow back in the spring. These trees are found throughout the US, with high concentrations in the forests of the Northeast …   Hunting glossary

• Deciduous — De*cid u*ous (?; 135), a. [L. deciduus, fr. dec?dere to fall off; de + cadere to fall. See {Chance}.] (Biol.) Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Deciduous — For other uses, see Deciduous (disambiguation). Deciduous forest in autumn …   Wikipedia

• Trees of Maharashtra — Introduction =Maharashtra is rich in arboreal flora. Maharashtra has got various types of forests including evergreen forest to moist deciduous forests and dry deciduous forests to thorny scrubs. Trees in Maharashtra are distributed in various… …   Wikipedia

• deciduous — adjective Etymology: Latin deciduus, from decidere to fall off, from de + cadere to fall more at chance Date: 1688 1. falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle < deciduous leaves > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Deciduous (disambiguation) — The term deciduous is a biological process of losing or dropping appendages of the organism. Specifically, the term may refer to: deciduous trees, plants which shed their leaves regularly deciduous teeth (milk teeth, baby teeth), that fall out… …   Wikipedia

• deciduous — de|cid|u|ous [ dı sıdʒuəs ] adjective deciduous trees lose all their leaves each fall. Trees that keep their leaves all year round are called evergreen …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• deciduous — UK [dɪˈsɪdjuəs] / US [dɪˈsɪdʒuəs] adjective deciduous trees lose all their leaves each autumn. Trees that keep their leaves all year round are called evergreen …   English dictionary

• deciduous — de|cid|u|ous [dıˈsıdʒuəs] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: deciduus, from decidere to fall off ] deciduous trees lose their leaves in winter ≠ ↑evergreen …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• deciduous — adjective deciduous trees lose their leaves in winter compare evergreen 2 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• deciduous — [dɪˈsɪdjuəs] adj deciduous trees lose all their leaves each autumn …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English