- Deciduous (Wikipedia)
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/dɪˈsɪdÊ’u.É™s/) means “falling off at maturity” and “tending to fall off”, in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit. The antonym of deciduous in the botanical sense is evergreen.