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Definition of: caducous
(kə·d
′kəs, -dy′-) adjective
1. Biol. Dropping or falling off, especially at an early stage of development, as the sepals of a poppy or the gills of salamanders, etc.
2. Having a tendency to fall or perish; perishable. [<L caducus falling <cadere fall]
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