caˈducean,a. [f. caduce-us + -an.] Of or pertaining to a caduceus. 1656Blount Glossogr., Caducean, among the Romans was the name of a wand or rod.1721–1800in Bailey.1847in Craig.1879J. Todhunter Alcestis 6 Of that caducean rod he [Apollo] drove our flocks To pasture with.