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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