单词 | cernuous |
释义 | cernuousadj. Bowing downwards; in Botany of a flower: Having the top bent downwards; drooping, nodding. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of bending > [adjective] bowea1500 devexed1562 flexed1572 cernuous1653 bowed1848 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > erect or drooping erect1688 nutant1751 cernuous1836 1653 J. Hall Paradoxes 48 That very weight which sinks us downe from our erect constitution, into the cernuous lownesse of beasts. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 252 [article Bot. Terms] Cernuous, drooping. 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 42 The flowers are cernuous after their blow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1653 |
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