Deciduate

Quick meaning: Deciduate is an adjective meaning (anatomy) Having, or characterized by, a decidua.

Meaning

(anatomy) Having, or characterized by, a decidua.

More Meanings

1. An animal that sheds a decidua.
2. To shed or release (a part of itself).
3. To be shed or released from what (the subject) was originally part of.

Example Sentences

deciduate placenta

When it rains, it deciduates its tart perfume and breathes it through the house.

In favorable situations, the shrub carries leaves throughout the year, but more often it largely deciduates in the spring dry season .

The larch, looking like a scrawny spruce or fir, is unusual for a conifer: it deciduates in the fall , the needles turning yellow before they drop.

Word Forms

• deciduates
• deciduating
• deciduated

Related Words

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