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pendulous
Hugely rapid, and four-wheel drive counteracts pendulous effect of rear engine.
From the independent.co.uk
Not only did Sgasilowicz's pendulous pike win, it beat out his guide's entry.
From the freep.com
Beneath the pin, her bosom heaved in a pendulous panic as she stepped into the aisle.
From the denverpost.com
The flowers are pendulous, urn-shaped, pale pink, 4-6 mm long, produced in mid spring.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A purpling of pendulous cheeks, then Paul caught a flash of silver from the upraised cane.
From the nytimes.com
Ceropegia woodii is a trailing succulent vine with long, pendulous stems.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It forms a picturesque rounded head, with pendulous low-hanging branches.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The flowers are wind-pollinated pendulous catkins, produced in spring.
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After 10 to 15 months of vegetative growth, a pendulous flower spike grows from the terminal.
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- Cernuous: having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"
- Hanging as if from a support; indecisive or hesitant; having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping
- Drooping or hanging. Used to describe ovules which hang from the apex of an organ or locule in an ovary or other pendulous organs, e.g. leaves, fruits, inflorescences, etc.
- Hanging downwards, usually referring to umbel or fruiting peduncles (which in some species curve downwards) or to drooping branches [image]
- Drooping; of ovules, attached at the top of the ovary and hanging downwards from an apical placenta
- More or less hanging or declined.
- Hanging down; drooping
- When a tree's branches are dangling or hanging loosely in the shape of a pendulum, they are said to be pendulous.
