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DECIDUOUS (from Lat. decidere, to fall down)

DECIDUOUS (from See also:
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Lat. decidere, to fall down) , a botanical and zoological See also:

TERM

term for " falling in See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season," as of petals after flowering, leaves in autumn, the See also:

TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth or horns of animals, or the wings of See also:

INSECTS

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