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indeciduous, a.|ɪndɪˈsɪdjuːəs|
Also 7 indiciduous.
[in-3.]
†1. Not liable to fall off or be shed; permanently attached. Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xxi. 269 The statua of the Sun was framed with rayes about the head, which were the indiciduous and unshaven locks of Apollo. 1656in Blount Glossogr.
2. Bot. Of a leaf; Not falling off at a definite time of the year; not deciduous. Of a tree or plant: Not losing the leaves annually; evergreen.
1755Johnson, Indeciduous,..used of trees that do not shed their leaves in winter. 1828Webster, Indeciduous, not falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn. 1836Landor Peric. & Asp. Wks. 1846 II. 385/2 There are no indeciduous plants, Aspasia! the greater part lose their leaves in winter, the rest in summer. |