pendulous
/ˈpɛndjʊləs
/adjective
Hanging down loosely: pendulous branches...
- Sourwood decks itself with pendulous seedpods, and hazelnut displays dangling catkins in early spring.
- Analyses of the photosynthetic system in pendulous leaves such as those of Eucalyptus were also made.
- The fringe tree is an oval-shaped single- or multitrunked native that produces pendulous panicles of white, fragrant and fringey flowers in spring.
Synonyms
drooping, dangling, droopy, sagging, saggy, floppy;
hanging, suspended, supported from above, pendent;
swinging, swaying, falling, tumbling, trailing, flowing, loose, relaxed
rare pensile
Derivatives
pendulously
- The rotor includes a plurality of pendulously mounted knife blades.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin pendulus 'hanging down' (from pendere 'hang') + -ous.
- backstroker
- backswept
- backswimmer
- backswing
- backsword
- back talk
- backtalking
- back the wrong horse
- back-to-back
- back to front
- back-to-nature
- back to (or at) square one
- back-to-school
- back to the drawing board
- backtrack
- back-translation
- back up
- backup
- backup light
- backveld
- backvelder
- backward
- backwardation
- backward caste
- backward class