caducous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: caducous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for caducous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caducous adj shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" Synonym(s): caducous, shed Antonym(s): lasting, persistent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caducous \Ca*du"cous\, [L. caducus falling, inclined to fall, fr. cadere to fall. See {Cadence}.] (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.