Cernuous

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  • adjective. Nodding; drooping.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Drooping; hanging; having the apex curved or bent down: specifically, in botany, noting less inclination than pendulous; in entomology, said of the head when it is bent down so as to form a right angle with the thorax, as in the crickets.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; said of a bud, flower, or fruit, or the capsule of a moss.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having branches or flower heads that bend downward
  • Word Usage
    "As in Cotula y TragopogoH, and moil cernuous flowers."
    Equivalent
    unerect  
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    Words with the same meaning