Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-CID'U-OUS
DE-CID'U-OUS, a. [L. deciduus; decido; de and cado, to fall.]
Falling; not perennial or permanent. In botany, a deciduous leaf is one which falls in autumn; a deciduous calyx is that which falls along with the corol and stamens; distinguished from permanent. – Martyn.
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