cernuous

cer·nu·ous

 (sûr′nyo͞o-əs)

adj. Botany

Nodding; drooping.

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[From Latin cernuus, bowing forward.]

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cernuous

(ˈsɜːnjʊəs)

adj

(Botany) botany (of some flowers or buds) drooping

[C17: from Latin cernuus leaning forwards, of obscure origin]

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Adj.

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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" nodding, pendulous, weeping, drooping biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms unerect - not upright in position or posture

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