semideciduous

English

Alternative forms

• semi-deciduous

Etymology

semi- +‎ deciduous

Adjective

semideciduous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Describing plants that lose their leaves for a short time (as new leaves begin to grow)
   • 2009 February 6, Ana Carolina Carnaval et al., “Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot”, in Science‎^[1], volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 785–789:

     Whereas H. albomarginatus and H. semilineatus occur in low and mid altitudes and are mostly restricted to the evergreen or semideciduous components of the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil, H. faber has a broader altitudinal range and also inhabits mixed and deciduous areas, occupying interior and coastal sites in the Atlantic Forest south to Paraguay and Argentina (figs. S1 and S2) ( 13 ).