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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:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]