Deciduous

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Meaning

[[File:TreeAutumn.png|right|300px|thumb|A deciduous tree losing its leaves in autumn. A deciduous plant is any plant that loses its leaves in autumn.

Adjective: Deciduous

About Deciduous Plants

Deciduous trees are the most common type of deciduous plant, but you can also get deciduous shrubs.

Examples

All of these trees lose their leaves in Autumn, so they are called deciduous trees.

An Apple Tree.	An Ash Tree.	A Beech Tree.
A Horse Chestnut Tree.	An Oak Tree.	A Silver Birch Tree

A Hydrangea loses its leaves in autumn.

An Oak loses its leaves in autumn.

Used in a Sentence

A Hydrangea loses its leaves in autumn so it is a deciduous shrub.

An Oak is deciduous because it loses its leaves in autumn.

A type of plant that loses its leaves in winter.