About The Word Pendulous
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Pendulous
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What's The Definition Of Pendulous?
[adj] (biology) having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pendulous: cernuous | drooping | nodding | unerect Related Terms | Find terms related to Pendulous: cascading | dangling | dependent | depending | drooping | falling | falling loosely | faltering | flowing | fluctuant | fluctuating | fluctuational | hanging | harmonic | hesitating | hung | libratory | nutational | oscillating | oscillatory | pendent | pending | pendulant | pendular | penduline | pensile | periodic | resonant | sagging | shilly-shally | shilly-shallying | suspended | swaying | swinging | tentative | undulating | undulatory | vacillating | vacillatory | vibratile | vibrating | vibratory | wavering | waving | weeping | wobbly See Also | Pendulous In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. Wavering; unstable; doubtful. [R.] ``A pendulous state of
mind.'' --Atterbury.
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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