perishable

perishable
    adj 1: liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or
           decay; "this minute and perishable planet"; "perishable
           foods such as butter and fruit" [ant: {imperishable}]
    n 1: food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated [syn:
         {perishable}, {spoilable}]
    

Perishable \Per"ish*a*ble\, a. [F. p['e]rissable.]
   Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death;
   as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.
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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "perishable":
      brittle, capricious, changeable, corruptible, deciduous, dying,
      ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fleeting, flitting,
      fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, fugacious, fugitive,
      impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, insubstantial,
      momentary, mortal, mutable, nondurable, nonpermanent, passing,
      short-lived, subject to death, temporal, temporary, transient,
      transitive, transitory, undurable, unenduring, unstable,
      volatile