caducous

caducous is a 8-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.
2. adjective. shed at an early stage of development

   "most amphibians have caducous gills"

   "the caducous calyx of a poppy"

   Synonyms: shed

Synonyms

shed

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