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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. Wavering; unstable; doubtful. [R.] ``A pendulous state of
mind.'' --Atterbury.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pendulous
adj : (biology) 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}]
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