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Meanings of caducous in English

Portuguese
caduco

Shed at an early stage of development.

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      Usage of caducous in English
      1
      While attached to King Ludwig I, she both became a caducous and a force for liberalization.
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      2
      Among this fossil wood Heer made out the cypress, the silver pine, the poplar, the birch, and some dicotyledons with caducous leaves.
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      3
      They are annually caducous, however, as with the common deer, so that these immense appendages are the growth of a few weeks!
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      Translations for caducous
      Portuguese
      caduco
      Caducous through the time