Antonyms of adj deciduous

2 senses of deciduous

Sense 1
deciduous (vs. evergreen) -- ((of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season)

evergreen (vs. deciduous) -- ((of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year)
        => coniferous, cone-bearing -- (of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves)
        => semi-evergreen, half-evergreen -- (of a plant that is incompletely evergreen; "it was evergreen where the weather was mild but deciduous in the rigorous parts of the range")

Sense 2
deciduous -- ((of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth; "deciduous teeth")

INDIRECT (VIA caducous) -> persistent, lasting -- (retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes")

Similarity of adj deciduous

2 senses of deciduous

Sense 1
deciduous (vs. evergreen) -- ((of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season)
       => broadleaf, broad-leafed, broad-leaved -- (having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves)

Sense 2
deciduous -- ((of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth; "deciduous teeth")
       => caducous (vs. persistent), shed -- (shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy")

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