Fallen; discarded, cast off.

Botany and Zoology. Of parts of plants or animals (as leaves, petals, teeth, or antlers): falling off or shed at a particular time, season, or…

Of a part of a plant: withering but not falling off.

Botany and Zoology. Falling or fading early; soon cast off. Cf. caducous, adj. 1.

Botany. = persistent, adj. 1a. Obsolete.

That shrivels; Botany = marcescent, adj.

That persists, persistent.

Zoology and Botany. Of a part of an animal or plant (as a horn, leaf, calyx, etc.): remaining attached, not falling off. Of a juvenile or primitive…

Sphacelated.

(See quot.)

Botany. Withered, dead.

Zoology and Botany. Applied to organs or parts that fall off naturally when they have served their purpose; fugacious, deciduous.

Botany. Of part of a plant: remaining attached; persistent. rare.

Botany. Of flowers and petals: Soon falling.

= horary, adj. 3.