indeciduous

[ in-di-sij-oo-uhs ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. not deciduous, as leaves.
2. (of trees) evergreen.

indeciduous

/ ˌɪndɪˈsɪdjʊəs /

adjective

1. (of leaves) not deciduous
2. a less common term for evergreen

Word History and Origins

Origin of indeciduous¹

First recorded in 1640–50; in- ³ + deciduous

Example Sentences

One of the first efforts in the art of gardening had been to multiply those shrubs, which, though not, as generally supposed, indeciduous, retain their leaves and their colouring through the colder parts of the year, and cover the frozen limbs of winter with the green garmenture of the spring.

From Project Gutenberg

Mammal teeth pass, in evolution, from the simple types found in that oviparous edentate, the spiny ant-eater of Australia, to those of the indeciduous ancestors of the sloths and armadilloes, and their descendants, inclusive of the dolphins and whales, whose teeth, both in the fetal Greenland and adult sperm whale, preserve this old type.

From Project Gutenberg