(of a tree, bush etc. )树、灌木等 that loses its leaves every year 落叶的 compare evergreenTopics Plants and treesc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryDeciduous is used with these nouns:- forest
- shrub
- tree
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Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin deciduus (from decidere ‘fall down or off’) + -ous.