Associations to the word «Caducous»
Wiktionary
CADUCOUS, adjective. (biology) Of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development.
CADUCOUS, adjective. (botany) Tending to fall early.
Dictionary definition
CADUCOUS, adjective. Shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.