caducous

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Definition von caducous im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development
The Jubulaceae have a leaf whose lobule, usually transformed into a water-sac, is normally very narrowly attached to the stem and to the dorsal lobe; indeed some Frullania taxa reproduce vegetatively by dropping the dorsal lobes, but not the lobules, and Neohattoria has caducous lobules but persistent lobes.; {a} falling at the first opening off the flower, or before the end of summer; Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole; shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy"; shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy; {s} falling off at an early stage of development (Biology)