ceduous

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/ˈsiː.dju.əs/

adjective

Of a tree: fit to be felled.

OriginLatin caeduus →
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Meanings

adjectiveceduous (comparative more ceduous, superlative most ceduous)

comparative more ceduous · superlative most ceduous

  1. obsoleteOf a tree: fit to be felled.

    Theſe [trees] we ſhall divide into the Greater and more Ceduous, Fruticant and Shrubby; Feras and wild; or more Civiliz'd and domeſtique; [...]

    1670, John Evelyn, “. Introduction.”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, →OCLC, page 2

Origin

  1. Latincaeduus
  2. Englishceduous

From Latin caeduus, from caedō (“to cut down”).

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APA

ceduous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceduous

MLA

“ceduous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceduous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ceduous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceduous.

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