deciduous
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++de·cid·u·ous /dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/ adjective HBPHBPdeciduous trees lose their leaves in winter 〔树木〕落叶的 OPP evergreen
Examples from the Corpus
deciduous• Once upon a time the world was deciduous and now it was not.• As another exam-ple, the border between deciduous forest and wildflower prairie in the midwest is remarkably impermeable.• At the time that the land was transferred in 1996, approximately 30ha were under citrus and deciduous fruit orchards.• Creepers grew on the walls; deciduous, they stretched out their bare stems in a complicated network like barbed wire.• If deciduous trees gain control, then there is first browse for hare, then deer, then moose.• Jays are the restless, truly deciduous woodland dwellers of the crow tribe.• Secondly, the deciduous woodland that eventually takes over has a rather surprising composition.• Fact: It contains our largest relatively unbroken block of deciduous woodland.Origin deciduous (1600-1700) Latin deciduus, from decidere “to fall off”de·cid·u·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
their leaves trees Corpus winter deciduous in lose
deciduous
de‧cid‧u‧ous /dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/
adjective
OPP evergreen
■ types of tree
▪evergreen adjective an evergreen tree does not lose its leaves in winter: English ivy is evergreen and grows even during the winter.
▪deciduous adjective a deciduous tree loses its leaves in winter: The oak is deciduous, but loses its leaves late in the year.
▪conifer noun [countable] a tree such as a pine or fir that has leaves like needles and produces cones containing seeds: The owners have planted conifers along the fence in order to reduce the traffic noise. | a dwarf conifer
▪fruit tree noun [countable] a tree that produces fruit that can be eaten: Fruit trees such as apples and pears can be pruned during the winter months.
▪sapling noun [countable] a young tree: It's best to buy young saplings rather than fully-grown trees.
de‧cid‧u‧ous /dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/
adjective Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: deciduus, from decidere 'to fall off'
deciduous trees lose their leaves in winter Language: Latin
Origin: deciduus, from decidere 'to fall off'
OPP evergreen
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