Thesaurus: pendulous

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1. a. Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.
2. a. Wavering; unstable; doubtful.
3. a. Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.
4. adj. having branches or flower heads that bend downward
5. 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.
6. Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk,or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.
7. j:100 s having branches or flower heads that bend downward