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In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/ d ɪ ˈ s ɪ dʒ u. ə s /) [1] [2] means "falling off at maturity" [3] and "tending to fall off", [4] in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit. The antonym of ...
Antonym: caulescent (possessing stem). accrescent Increasing in size with age, such as a calyx that continues to grow after the corolla has fallen, [2] e.g. in Physalis peruviana. accumbent Lying against another part of the plant; when applied to a cotyledon, it means that an edge of the cotyledon lies along the folded radicle in the seed. [8 ...
Woodshedding, rehearsing repeatedly to perfect a difficult musical passage (may be shortened to 'shed or 'shedding) Load shedding, used by utilities and building automation systems to prevent overloading available supply systems; Moulting, how an animal routinely casts off an outer part of its body; Arts and entertainment Music
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
The claim: California counting ballots two weeks after Election Day is evidence it was ‘rigged’ A Nov. 19 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims one state’s lengthy vote-counting ...
The Social Security Fairness Act, which would increase benefits for 2.8 million retirees, has bipartisan support but time running out.
1. Tennis Ball. Tennis balls are so useful that you may want to buy some to keep around the house even if you don’t play. For example, half a tennis ball can help screw open tight caps.
Cladoptosis (Ancient Greek κλάδος kládos "branch", πτῶσις ptôsis "falling" [noun]; sometimes pronounced with the p silent) is the regular shedding of branches. [1] It is the counterpart for branches of the familiar process of regular leaf shedding by deciduous trees .