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ca·du·cous    Audio Help   [kuh-doo-kuhs, -dyoo-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.Botany. dropping off very early, as leaves.
2.Zoology. subject to shedding.
3.transitory; perishable.

[Origin: 1675–85; < L cadūcus unsteady, perishable, equiv. to cad(ere) to fall + -ūcus adj. suffix; see -ous]
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ca·du·cous    Audio Help   (kə-dōō'kəs, -dyōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Dropping off or shedding at an early stage of development, as the gills of most amphibians or the sepals or stipules of certain plants.


[From Latin cadūcus, falling, from cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]

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caducous

adjective
shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" [ant: lasting

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caducous    Audio Help   (kə-d'kəs)  Pronunciation Key 
Detaching or dropping off at an early stage of development. The gills of most amphibians and the sepals or stipules of certain plants are caducous.

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Caducous

Ca*du"ca*ry\, a. [See Caducous.] (Law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.
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