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deciduous
adjective as in short-lived
adjective as in transient
Example Sentences
I share Vejar’s loathing for the relentless “tree of heaven,” the deciduous plant that is sometimes called a stinking sumac.
They planted a Blue Beech, a small deciduous tree native to eastern North America and known for its bright autumn leaves.
It included 16 ingredients, Indian mulberry, golden eye-grass, the deciduous perennial Asian lizard’s tail and the carrot-like plant Szechuan Lovage among them.
Warm, tropical forests gave way to open grasslands, deserts and cold deciduous forests.
In many areas, deciduous shrubs and trees, like willow and aspen, are moving in after a fire.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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