caducous in English

adjective
1
(of an organ or part) easily detached and shed at an early stage.
He states that the verification of the occurrence of bracteoles could be useful, because there is a tendency to use ‘absent’ for ‘ caducous ’, which could lead to erroneous conclusions.
adjective

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1. caducity (s) (noun), Caducities (pl) Perishableness, frailty: "Gill's uncle Hayden was frustrated by the Caducities of old age, resenting his slowed pace of walking, having to use a cane, etc." caducous (adjective), more caducous, most caducous

2. Caducities caducity (current term) caducous caduke cadwaladerite cadwaladerites: cady caeca caecal caecal arteries caecal folds caecal foramen of frontal bone caecal foramen of the tongue caecal hernia caecal recess caecal volvulus

3. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules 0.5 cm long, ovate, pubescent, caducous and leaving annular scar; petioles 1-3 cm long, canaliculate, pubescent when young; lamina 5- 12.7 x 1.2-6.4 cm, ovate or elliptic, apex caudate-acuminate to caudate with blunt tip, base cuneate-acute, margin entire, Coriaceous, shining above; midrib raised above