CADUCOUS

a.In botany, falling early; as caducous leaves, which fall before the end of summer. A caducous calyx falls before the corol is well unfolded.

CADUCOUS

CADUCOUS Ca *du "cous, Etym: [L. caducus falling, inclined to fall, fr. cadere to fall. See Cadence. ] (Bot. & Zoöl.)

caducous

ca du cous |kəˈd (y )o͞okəs kəˈdjukəs | ▶adjective chiefly Botany (of an organ or part ) easily detached and shed at an early stage. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘epileptic ’): from Latin caducus ‘liable to fall ’ (from cadere ‘to fall ’) + -ous .

caducous

caducous |kəˈdjuːkəs | ▶adjective chiefly Botany (of an organ or part ) easily detached and shed at an early stage. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘epileptic ’): from Latin caducus ‘liable to fall ’ (from cadere ‘to fall ’) + -ous .