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UK
/pˈɛndjʊləs/
]
[ US /ˈpɛndʒəɫəs/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛndʒəɫəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having branches or flower heads that bend downward
nodding daffodils
the pendulous branches of a weeping willow
lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers
How To Use pendulous In A Sentence
- The Spindle Tree has a green bark, and glossy leaves, producing only small greenish flowers: whilst the pendulous ornaments so brilliantly borne in autumn are four-lobed capsules of a pale red hue, which open out and disclose ruddy orange-coloured seeds wrapped in a scarlet arillus. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
- Like most breeds, with large pendulous ears, the Spinone is also susceptible to ear infections.
- Besides the "yuk" & "eeew -- gross" factor, this pendulous, ineffectual, slug-like behavior could have some dramatic effects on the world around them: Globalization
- There is another variety which bears on the same tree differently shaped leaves, like the heterophyllous hornbeam; this tree is also remarkable from having pendulous branches, and bearing elongated, large, thin-shelled nuts. [ The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
- There are eight arcade windows also, and they're hung now with pendulous floral arrangements of pumpkins, and little trees sprouting from lemons floating in gallons of water.
- The upper lip may hang pendulous, which is due to the want of nervous stimulus. The Veterinarian
- Most edible bananas have pendulous inflorescences (called Vazhapoo in Tamil) and are usually a dull maroon.
- The change takes place about the situation of a spacious open sward; here the jungle is thick, the trees consisting principally of Q. glauca, which is a noble tree, with immense lamellated acorns, Pendulous lichens are here common, Hymenopogon parasiticus, Lomaria of Khegumpa! Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
- Superfluous with shortage, why is Chinese economy always as pendulous swing?
- Dopplinger smiled, his mouth curving up on either side of his pendulous nose. THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR