deciduous

1. 1.

   (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season

   Antonymsevergreen

   Similarbroadleaf

   plant

2. 2.

   (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth

   “deciduous teeth”

   Similarcaducous

Questions about deciduous

What does deciduous mean?

deciduous means "(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deciduous?

deciduous has 4 syllables: dec-id-u-ous. The stress falls on "id". In IPA it is /ˌdɪˈsɪdʒuəs/.

What is the opposite of deciduous?

The recorded antonyms are evergreen.

Is deciduous a common word?

deciduous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.