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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CADUCOUS

From Latin cadūcus falling, from cadere to fall.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CADUCOUS

caducous  [kəˈdjuːkəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CADUCOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Caducous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CADUCOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of caducous in the English dictionary

The definition of caducous in the dictionary is shed during the life of the organism.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CADUCOUS


Aristarchus
ˌærɪˈstɑːkəs
carcase
ˈkɑːkəs
carcass
ˈkɑːkəs
caucus
ˈkɔːkəs
circus
ˈsɜːkəs
Dorcas
ˈdɔːkəs
ficus
ˈfiːkəs
fucus
ˈfjuːkəs
glaucous
ˈɡlɔːkəs
Leucas
ˈluːkəs
Leukas
ˈluːkəs
Lucas
ˈluːkəs
mucous
ˈmjuːkəs
mucus
ˈmjuːkəs
noctilucous
ˌnɒktɪˈluːkəs
ochroleucous
ˌəʊkrəˈluːkəs
Ophiuchus
ɒˈfjuːkəs
Orcus
ˈɔːkəs
raucous
ˈrɔːkəs
submucous
sʌbˈmjuːkəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CADUCOUS

cadi
cadie
Cadiz
Cadmean
Cadmean victory
cadmic
cadmium
cadmium cell
cadmium sulphide
cadmium yellow
Cadmus
cadrans
cadre
caduac
caducean
caducei
caduceus
caducibranchiate
caducity

WORDS THAT END LIKE CADUCOUS

aduncous
anticous
autoicous
coccous
couscous
dioicous
entomostracous
exsuccous
fuscous
lubricous
malacostracous
muticous
nonviscous
paroicous
posticous
synoicous
talcous
verrucous
viscous
zincous

Synonyms and antonyms of caducous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «caducous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CADUCOUS

Find out the translation of caducous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of caducous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «caducous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

早落
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caducous
570 millions of speakers

English

caducous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

caducous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساقطي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опадающие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caducas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আশুপাতী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

caduc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Caducous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

caducous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

caducous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

caducous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Caducous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suy yếu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உதிரக்கூடியது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काडतुस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

caducous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

caduco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chwilowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

опадаючі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

caduc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

caducous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verganklike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

caducous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

caducous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of caducous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CADUCOUS»

The term «caducous» is normally little used and occupies the 137.266 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CADUCOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about caducous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CADUCOUS»

Discover the use of caducous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to caducous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Malpighiales
19. Poecilandra Tul. Poecilandra Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. III, 8: 342 (1847); Sastre, Flora Venez. Guayana 7: 148–150 (2003). Shrubs or small trees. Leaves with closely parallel secondary veins, caducous marginal teeth, and caducous stipules.
Klaus Kubitzki, 2013
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North American Botany: Comprising the Native and Common ...
Calyx 2-sepalled, caducous: corol 4-petalled: silique-Iike capsule 1 -celled, 2- valved, linear: seeds crested, many, (celandine.) 8. Polakisia. Sepals 4, inferior, spreading: petals 4: stamens 8 to 32: receptacle minute, often nectariferous: pod  ...
Amos Eaton, John Wright (M. D.), 1840
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Manual of botany, for North America: containing generic and ...
Calyx 2-leaved, caducous: corol 4-petalled: sifique-like capsule 1 -celled, 2- valved, linear: seeds crested, many. 27. 62 — (celandine.) S. Glaucium. Calyx 2- leaved, caducous : corol 4-petalled : capsule 1-cclled, linear: seeds many, punctate.
Amos Eaton, 1829
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The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts
PERSISTENT VERSUS CADUCOUS FIG AND CAPRIFIG SYCONIA Most caprifig trees produce three crops of syconia a year. The first crop is identified as the mamme crop. This crop originates from current season's growth in the autumn, ...
Jules Janick, Robert E. Paull, 2008
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Familiar Lectures on Botany: Including Practical and ...
Calyx 5-cleft, (8-cleftl) inferior: corolla 5-petalled: styles long, caducous, 5 to 8 ; berry composed of dry granulations. 35. 92 — (dry strawberry.) S. Geum. Calyx inferior, 10-cleft, 5 alternate divisions smaller : "corolla 5-petalled : seeds with a ...
Mrs. Lincoln Phelps, 1829
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A Taxonomic Monograph of the Genus Prionolejeunea ...
VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION Six types of asexual reproduction are developed by Prionolejeunea species: thalloid gemmae, caducous branches, cladia, caducous leaves, stem fragmentation and leaf fragmentation. Three of them, thalloid ...
Anna Luiza Ilkiu Borges, 2006
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Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and ...
Calyx and corolla of 2- merous whorls, caducous: petals yellow: stamens many: ovary linear to oblong, glabrous: stigmas on short style: fruits opening by 2 acropetal valves, sometimes valves caducous: seeds many, ellipsoid, arillate. 2n = 10.
Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer, Volker Bittrich, 1993
8
Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and ...
petalled; receptacle ovate, berry-like; acines naked, immersed in the receptacle, caducous, (strawberry ) Dhy'as. Calyx 8 to 9-parted, tube concave ; petals 8 to 9 ; carpels many, crowned by a terminal style. Calycan"thus. Lobes of the calyx in ...
Mrs. Lincoln Phelps, 1836
9
Plantation Technology in Tropical Forest Science
... a pair of opposite leaves ? S. obtusa ? ? ? ? ? S. glauca oil epigeal chlorophyll a pair of opposite leaves stipules caducous S. guiso oil epigeal chlorophyll a pair of opposite leaves stipules caducous S. leavis oil epigeal chlorophyll a pair of ...
K. Suzuki, Katsuaki Ishii, S. Sakurai, 2006
10
Flora of New South Wales
Flowers in pairs in pseudoinflorescences, cream with pinkish base; peduncles recurved, 4-6 mm long; bracteoles caducous. Hypanthium narrow-obconical, 5-7 mm long, strongly 5-ribbed, glandular between ribs. Sepals 3-4 mm long, divided  ...
Gwen Jean Harden, 2001

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CADUCOUS»

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Date Night Dining: Bones' Smokehouse
I watched as Jonathan ate his caducous ribs. He said they were just like he likes them. My barnyard chicken came with a side of greens and ... «Nooga.com, Jul 14»
2
Crimes Against My Brother: A powerful work that issues a call to …
The didacticism in this book is caducous, and the insularity we find in the details is not in the whole. Richards's work is powerful because it ... «The Globe and Mail, May 14»
3
Unveiling of headstone recalls pioneer tragedy
Their older daughters Florinda and Elizabeth came from London on May 12, 1859, on the Caducous. John Thompson bought 146 hectares at ... «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Jan 14»
4
Ancient Light by John Banville: Review
... beautiful description of falling snow as “great flocks of whiteness hosting haphazard in the brumous air,” “caducous leaves” lying in the road, ... «Toronto Star, Oct 12»
5
Spelling Bee semifinals, live
10:39: Five straight correct answers, none of which I've ever heard of: inconcinnity, scalare, caducous, venturi and forzato. No, not Ken Venturi, ... «Washington Post, Jun 10»

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