shrubs

It is winter and the pomegranate shrub that I planted last spring appears to be dead. The pomegranate is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub. Thus, it may not be dead. What does deciduous mean? Wikipedia says: “In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/dɪˈsɪdjuːəs/; US:) means “falling off at maturity” and “tending to…