[kəˈdjuːkəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of an organ or part) easily detached and shed at an early stage
(e.g: poppies have caducous sepals that are shed after the bud has opened)


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Origin:
late 17th century (in the sense ‘epileptic’): from Latin caducus ‘liable to fall’ (from cadere ‘to fall’) + -ous