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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Laubbaum

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈlaʊpˌbaʊm

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deciduous tree/dɪˈsɪdʒu.əs triː/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Im Herbst verliert der Laubbaum seine Blätter."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves that sheds its foliage annually at the end of the growing season.

    "The maple is a common deciduous tree that displays brilliant red and orange colors in autumn."
  2. 2

    Any broad-leaved tree that loses its leaves seasonally, typically in response to cold or dry climatic conditions.

    "Landscapers often recommend planting a deciduous tree near the south side of a house to provide shade in summer and sunlight in winter."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'deciduous' originates from the Latin 'deciduus', meaning 'falling off', derived from 'decidere' (to fall down, from de- + cadere). 'Tree' stems from the Old English 'trēow' or 'trēo', ultimately tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*drew-', meaning 'wood' or 'oak'. Combined, the phrase describes woody perennial plants that traditionally shed their foliage annually.

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