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

• Hardenbergia
• Hardenbergia comnptoniana
• hardened
• hardener
• hardening
• hardening of the arteries
• hardfisted
• hardhead
• hardheaded
• hardheads
• hardhearted
• hardheartedness
• hardihood
• hardily
• hardiness
• Harding
• hardinggrass
• hardish
• hardline
• hardliner
• hardly
• hardly a
• hardness
• hardpan
• hardscrabble