Home › Words › D › deciduousnessdeciduousness/dɪˈsɪdʒʊəsnəs/deciduousness means the state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, deciduousness ranks #7,710 of 42,762 for Qualifying.deciduousness is pronounced /dɪˈsɪdʒʊəsnəs/.EtymologyFrom deciduous + -ness.nounThe state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.e.g.“Worldwide, foliage deciduousness in angiosperms is believed to have arisen in tropical species as a response to periodic drought.” — 2010, Geoff Williams, Paul Adam, The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests, page 59:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.deciduosity 95% match — The state or condition of being deciduous; the quality of trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season. vs deciduousness →deciduity 82% match — The quality of being deciduous. vs deciduousness →deciduous 72% match — Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development. vs deciduousness →deciduously 71% match — In a deciduous manner. vs deciduousness →deciduary 70% match — deciduous vs deciduousness →indeciduous 66% match — Not deciduous; evergreen; permanent; perennial. vs deciduousness →caducifolious 66% match — Having deciduous leaves vs deciduousness →deciduate 63% match — Having, or characterized by, a decidua. vs deciduousness →