MEANING
A forest in which most dominant trees lose their leaves during a regular seasonal period.
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Words that belong together
- temperate deciduous forest
- tropical deciduous forest
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The deciduous forest opened to pale sky after the leaves fell.
A tropical deciduous forest browned as the dry season lengthened.
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- Base
- deciduous forest
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular deciduous forest; plural deciduous forests. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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