cernuous

Adjective
Synonyms: droopingnoddingpendulousweeping

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Adjective (1)

  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”Synonyms: droopingnoddingpendulousweepingOpposite erectSimilar unerect
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cer′nu·ous adjective

Origin: L. cernuus with the face turned toward the earth.

Botany Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; — said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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