caducous
ADJECTIVE
/kə'dukəs/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C
caducous is a valid 8-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3A1D2U1C3O1U1S1
3 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does caducous mean?
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Shed at an early stage of development.
“most amphibians have caducous gills”
“the caducous calyx of a poppy”
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