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deciduous

/dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/adjective

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पर्णपाती (पेड़)

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    (of a tree or bush) that loses its leaves every year

    पर्णपाती (पेड़)

    • deciduous forests
    • Many deciduous trees shed their leaves in autumn and grow them again in spring.
    • Teak and sal are deciduous trees that lose their leaves in the dry season.
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    • The garden had both evergreen and deciduous plants.
    • In autumn, deciduous woods turn red, orange and gold.

    Synonyms leaf-shedding seasonal non-evergreen

    Opposite evergreen coniferous

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

leaf-shedding seasonal non-evergreen

Antonyms

evergreen coniferous

AaSpelling

de·cid·u·ous

With -cid-u-ous (not 'decidious').

-cid-u-ous के साथ ('decidious' गलत है)।

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General knowledge

Tropical deciduous forests (monsoon forests) are the most widespread forests in India; trees such as teak, sal, sandalwood and shisham shed their leaves in the dry season; tropical evergreen forests are found in the Western Ghats, the north-east and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: उष्णकटिबंधीय पर्णपाती वन (मानसूनी वन) भारत में सबसे व्यापक वन हैं; सागौन, साल, चंदन और शीशम जैसे पेड़ शुष्क ऋतु में पत्तियाँ गिराते हैं; उष्णकटिबंधीय सदाबहार वन पश्चिमी घाट, पूर्वोत्तर और अंडमान-निकोबार द्वीपों में मिलते हैं।

Science: humans have deciduous (milk) teeth that fall out and are replaced.

विज्ञान में मनुष्य के deciduous (दूध के) दाँत गिरकर बदल जाते हैं।