de·cid·u·ate

"Mama do you know what deciduate means?"

"Nope." To be honest, I wasn't convinced it was a word. "Where did you hear it?"

"At the Rooms. It was too low for you, too high for Frances; and just right for my ear."

I looked it up on Wikipedia and sure enough.

de·cid·u·ate adj. 1. Characterized by or having a decidua: a deciduate mammal.2. Characterized by shedding.