🇬🇧🇪🇸 deciduous - caduco : English Lesson
adjective
Meaning of "deciduous" ("caduco"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Deciduous describes trees and plants that shed their leaves every autumn and grow new ones in spring. Unlike evergreen trees, which keep their needles all year, deciduous trees take a break in winter.
If my hair were deciduous, I’d be bald every winter and fluffy again in spring.
My dad says he loves our big deciduous tree, but every autumn, he complains while raking up its “leaf mess.”
Our dog got lost in a pile of deciduous leaves, but he didn’t seem to mind.
Our street has so many deciduous trees that when the wind blows, it looks like a leaf tornado.
My little brother tried to glue the leaves back onto our deciduous tree because he thought it was broken.
A child watched the old deciduous oak drop leaves. The deciduous yard filled with gold; the deciduous branches were bare by night. In spring the deciduous buds opened, the deciduous tree dressed green again. The child laughed, touched a soft new leaf, and promised to wait through every season. They hugged the old deciduous trunk, happy and brave.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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