a. Obs. rare–1. [f. L. cæduus, f. cæd-ĕre to fell: see -UOUS.] Suitable for felling.
1664. Evelyn, Sylva (1679), 2. These [trees] we shall divide into the greater and more ceduous, fruticant, and shrubby.
1736. Bailey, Ceduous, as ceduous trees, such as are us’d to be cut or lopp’d.
1847. in Craig, etc.
