ceduous

English

Etymology

From Latin caeduus, from caedō (“to cut down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.dju.əs/

Adjective

ceduous (comparative more ceduous, superlative most ceduous)

1. (obsolete) Of a tree: fit to be felled.
   • 1670, John Evelyn, “. Introduction.”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, →OCLC, page 2:

     Theſe [trees] we ſhall divide into the Greater and more Ceduous, Fruticant and Shrubby; Feras and wild; or more Civiliz'd and domeſtique; [...]