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pendulous
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Pendulous
(gcide) | Pendulous \Pen"du*lous\, a. [L. pendulus, fr. pendere to hang.
Cf. Pendant, and cf. Pendulum.]
1. Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging. --Shak.
"The pendulous round earth." --Milton.
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2. Wavering; unstable; doubtful. [R.] "A pendulous state of
mind." --Atterbury.
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3. (Bot.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a
recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper
part of the ovary.
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pendulous
(wn) | pendulous
adj 1: having branches or flower heads that bend downward;
"nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping
willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant
flowers" [syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding,
pendulous, weeping] |
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pendulous
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Filipendulous
(gcide) | Filipendulous \Fil`i*pen"du*lous\ (?; 135), a. [L. filum a
thread + pendulus hanging, fr. pend[=e]re to hang.] (Bot.)
Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous
swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender,
threadlike rootlets.
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Pendulously
(gcide) | Pendulously \Pen"du*lous*ly\, adv.
In a pendulous manner.
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Pendulousness
(gcide) | Pendulousness \Pen"du*lous*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hanging
loosely; pendulosity.
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pendulous
(wn) | pendulous
adj 1: having branches or flower heads that bend downward;
"nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping
willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant
flowers" [syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding,
pendulous, weeping] |
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