caducous
11caducous — adj. falling off at an early stage of development (Biology) …
12caducous — [kə dju:kəs] adjective chiefly Botany (of an organ or part) easily detached and shed at an early stage. Origin C17 (in the sense epileptic ): from L. caducus liable to fall (from cadere to fall ) + ous …
13caducous — a. 1. Tending to decay, decaying, declining, decadent, dropping, falling. 2. (Bot. and Zool.) Dropping off early, deciduous, non persistent, temporary, transient …
14caducous — Deciduous at an early stage or prematurely. Cf. persistent …
15caducous — ca·du·cous …
16caducous — ca•du•cous [[t]kəˈdu kəs, ˈdyu [/t]] adj. 1) bot Bot. dropping off very early, as leaves 2) zool. Zool. subject to shedding • Etymology: 1675–85; < L cadūcus unsteady, perishable =cad(ere) to fall + ūcus adj. suffix; see ous …
17caducous — /kəˈdjukəs/ (say kuh dyoohkuhs) adjective 1. Botany a. tending to fall. b. deciduous; dropping off very early, as leaves. 2. Zoology subject to shedding. 3. transitory. {Latin cadūcus falling} …
18caducous — a. of short duration; Botany, dying when function is completed; deciduous. ♦ caducity, n …
19caducous — adj. Biol. (of organs and parts) easily detached or shed at an early stage. Derivatives: caducity n. Etymology: L caducus falling f. cadere fall …
20caducous muscle — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In exo and endopterygotes, larval muscles that may persist for a short time in the adult and may play an important role until destroyed …
