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Meaning of "deciduousness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DECIDUOUSNESS

dɪˈsɪdjʊəsnəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECIDUOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deciduousness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECIDUOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Deciduous

Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and it is typically used in order to refer to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe. In a more general sense, deciduous means "the dropping of a part that is no longer needed" or "falling away after its purpose is finished". In plants it is the result of natural processes. "Deciduous" has a similar meaning when referring to animal parts, such as deciduous antlers in deer or deciduous teeth, also known as baby teeth, in some mammals.

Definition of deciduousness in the English dictionary

The definition of deciduousness in the dictionary is the quality of being deciduous.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECIDUOUSNESS

ambiguousness · assiduousness · congruousness · conspicuousness · contemptuousness · contiguousness · continuousness · discontinuousness · exiguousness · fructuousness · incestuousness · inconspicuousness · mellifluousness · nocuousness · perspicuousness · sinuousness · spirituousness · tenuousness · vacuousness · virtuousness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECIDUOUSNESS

decidability · decidable · decide · decided · decidedly · decidedness · decider · deciding · decidua · deciduae · decidual · deciduate · deciduous · deciduously · decigram · decigramme · decile · deciliter · decilitre · decillion

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECIDUOUSNESS

biliousness · business · carelessness · consciousness · deliciousness · deviousness · flawlessness · helplessness · hilariousness · homelessness · hopelessness · lawlessness · nervousness · preciousness · restlessness · ridiculousness · righteousness · seriousness · statelessness · unconsciousness · viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of deciduousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «deciduousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECIDUOUSNESS

Find out the translation of deciduousness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of deciduousness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deciduousness» in English.
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deciduousness
1,325 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
570 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
510 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
380 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
280 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
278 millions of speakers
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deciduidade
270 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
260 millions of speakers
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caducifolié
220 millions of speakers
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Keturunan
190 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
180 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
130 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
85 millions of speakers
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Deciduousness
85 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
80 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
75 millions of speakers
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Deciduousness
75 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
70 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
65 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
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deciduousness
40 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
30 millions of speakers
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deciduousness
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deciduousness
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deciduousness
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deciduousness
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Trends of use of deciduousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECIDUOUSNESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of deciduousness
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deciduousness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECIDUOUSNESS»

Discover the use of deciduousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deciduousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Issues in Forestry Research and Application: 2011 Edition
“In seasonally dry tropical forests deciduousness (leaflessness) is an important strategy of trees to survive in water stress period during summer. Deciduousness is a reflection of interacted effect of seasonal drought, tree characteristics and soil  ...
‎2012
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The Geobiology and Ecology of Metasequoia
Evolution of Deciduousness The evolution of deciduousness in conifers is an intriguing phenomenon, given that conifers are successful evergreens in a very wide range of climate, from tropical to boreal, from arid to perhumid. Several ...
Ben A. LePage, Christopher J. Williams, Hong Yang, 2005
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Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas: Ecology, Conservation, ...
8.1.1 Variation in Deciduousness One striking aspect of TDFs is the range of species variation in deciduousness (Sobrado 1991), for example, dry tropical forests usually consist of both evergreen and deciduous species. The degree of ...
Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Jennifer S. Powers, Geraldo W. Fernandes, 2013
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Amazonian Floodplain Forests: Ecophysiology, Biodiversity ...
The number of deciduous tree species in várzea and igapó is higher than in terra firme forests, which was confirmed also by Haugaasen and Peres (2005) in a direct comparison of ecosystems. This can be explained if deciduousness is ...
Wolfgang J. Junk, 2010
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Effects of Past Global Change on Life
Deciduousness can often be inferred from fossil leaf mats representing autumnal fall, dehiscence structures on conifer short shoots, etc. It is not reliable to extrapolate past leaf retention-shedding from habits of modern analogues, because at ...
Panel on Effects of Past Global Change on Life, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 1995
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Effects of Past Global Change on Life
Deciduousness can often be inferred from fossil leaf mats representing autumnal fall, dehiscence structures on conifer short shoots, etc. It is not reliable to extrapolate past leaf retention-shedding from habits of modern analogues, because at ...
Panel on Effects of Past Global Change on Life, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, 1995
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The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: A Plant and ...
From these warm areas, the condition of inherited deciduousness mainly spread north to regions where intense winter cold seasonally locks up available water. The pronounced leaf drop of trees in these regions may be related to this lack of ...
Geoff Williams, Paul Adam, 2010
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California Riparian Systems: Ecology, Conservation, and ...
DECIDUOUSNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY Mediterranean-type climates, with their mild, wet winters and dry summers, are well known for their sclerophyllous evergreen vegetation (Mooney et al. 1977; Cody and Mooney 1978; Walter 1979) , ...
Richard E. Warner, Kathleen M. Hendrix, 1984
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Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology ...
Amongst the attributes examined here where tree and liane species differ, the apparent lack of deciduousness amongst lianes is striking, especially as lianes appear to be biased towards large, upper canopy forms. It is possible, however, that ...
Frans Bongers, Marc P. E. Parren, Dossahua Traoré, 2005
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The Cerrados of Brazil: Ecology and Natural History of a ...
6.3A) are favored not only by higher soil fertility, but also by higher water availability for most of the year; normally the higher the soil fertility, the higher the forest deciduousness (see table 6.1). In fact, there seems to be no clear-cut ecological ...
Paulo S. Oliveira, Robert J. Marquis, 2013

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECIDUOUSNESS»

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Measuring the pulse of trees
... conditions, they typically follow a 24-hour cycle, such as opening and closing of stomata, but some can be annual, like deciduousness. «Phys.Org, Mar 15»
2
You don't have to be barking to think trees are like us
... conditions, they typically follow a 24-hour cycle, such as opening and closing of stomata, but some can be annual, like deciduousness. «The Conversation AU, Mar 15»
3
First day of autumn: Why do the leaves change color anyway? (+video)
Surprisingly, deciduousness – the dropping of leaves – can also occur outside of temperate climates, Armstrong adds. Many plants in the ... «Christian Science Monitor, Sep 14»
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A Wine Tasting: Only The Best
"a delicious deciduousness with the slightest hint of sun-toasted shrew droppings..."), the California wines were just, well, BIG. Not just in ... «KCET, May 14»
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Theater Review: The Velocity of Autumn Ticks Off Every Item on the …
... second-floor living room by means of, you guessed it, a very large autumnal Dutch Elm in the midst of shameless deciduousness. “You break ... «Vulture, Apr 14»
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Dormant but Not Forgotten
“We think of deciduousness connected to cold,” he said. “Ultimately, it seems to be a condition that's developed to respond to drought. We see ... «New York Times, Jan 13»
REFERENCE
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