Definition of Deciduous plant

1. Noun. A plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season.

Generic synonyms: Tracheophyte, Vascular Plant
Antonyms: Evergreen Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deciduous Plant

decidual fissure
decidual reaction
deciduas
deciduata
deciduate
deciduate placenta
deciduitis
deciduity
deciduoma
deciduosity
deciduous
deciduous dentition
deciduous holly
deciduous membrane
deciduous plant (current term)
deciduous teeth
deciduous tooth
deciduousness
deciduousnesses
decieve
decigrade
decigrades
decigram
decigramme
decigrammes
decigrams
decikatal
decikatals

Literary usage of Deciduous plant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"In proportion as the start is accelerated before this, the habite of a deciduous plant, and the adverse state of the weather, leave a greater number of ..."

2. Cottage Gardener and Country Gentleman's Companion by George William Johnson (1850)
"What, therefore, can be the reason why the sap of the deciduous plant» does not rest entirely while there are no leaves to turn it into use ? ..."

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