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Associations to the word «Caducous»

Wiktionary

CADUCOUS, adjective. (biology) Of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development.
CADUCOUS, adjective. (botany) Tending to fall early.

Dictionary definition

CADUCOUS, adjective. Shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King