DECIDUOUS

adj. De2s-i2d'u2-u3s. Gr., evKaToirnoros. Lat,, deciduus (from decidere, to fall). Fr., decidu. Ger., abfallend. It., Sp., caduco. Falling or destined to fall off or be shed (said of the mucous membrane of the uterus, of the milk-teeth, of horns, etc.; in botany, of leaves that fall off annually, and of the calyx and the corolla when they fall off before the fruit develops). I B 119, 121, 123 (a, 24).] Cf. CADUCOUS. [s. 515]