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Adjective: caducous  ku'doo-kus
  1. Shed at an early stage of development
    "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy"
    - shed

See also: deciduous

Antonym: persistent

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cadmium yellow
cadmium yellow pale
Cadmus
Cadra
Cadra cautella
Cadra figulilella
cadre
caducean
caduceus
caducity
caducous
caecal
Caeciliadae
caecilian
Caeciliidae
caecum
Caelum
caenogenesis
Caenolestes
Caenolestidae
Caerphilly