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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having branches or flower heads that bend downward;
- Example: "nodding daffodils"
- Example: "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"
- Example: "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
[syn: cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cernuous \Cer"nu*ous\, a. [L. cernuus with the face turned toward the earth.] (Bot.) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cernuous 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]