- deciduous
[deciduous 词源字典]
- deciduous: see decay
[deciduous etymology, deciduous origin, 英语词源] - deciduous (adj.)
- 1680s, from Latin deciduus "that which falls off," from decidere "to fall off," from de- "down" (see de-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). Originally with reference to leaves, petals, teeth, etc.; specific sense of "trees whose leaves fall off" (opposed to evergreen) is from 1778.