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Definition of Deciduousness
1. n. The quality or state of being deciduous.
Definition of Deciduousness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season. ¹
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Definition of Deciduousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deciduousness
Literary usage of Deciduousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"Now the deciduousness and persistency of the calyx lobes in the Le Conte pear
... Hence persistency and deciduousness of calyx lobes are not necessarily to ..."
2. On Contemporary Literature by Stuart Pratt Sherman (1917)
"The theme as he states it is only the threadbare platitude of cavalier poetry—the
deciduousness of phy- ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"deciduousness, (de-iud'-u-ns-nes) n.». Aptness to fall. DECIMAL, (des'-e-mal) a.
Numbered by ten ; multiplied by ten. To DECIMATE, (des-e-mate) vo To tithe; ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... deciduousness (de-sid'u-us-nes), n. The quality of being deciduous. decil,
decile (des'il), «. [= F. deal = It. decile, irreg. ..."
5. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"... on the other foliaceous or none) takes the lead in the first two series, and
is followed by the persistence or deciduousness of the perianth, ..."
6. American Journal of Education (1880)
"... of a higher degree the doctrine of Immortality (which vegetation symbolizes
in the persistence of its life-principle and deciduousness of its forms). ..."
7. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1866)
"... or deciduousness of the vomerine teeth. In some species the vomer is normally
armed with a double or single series throughout life, although of course ..."
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