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[ UK /pˈɛndjʊləs/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛndʒəɫəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having branches or flower heads that bend downward
    nodding daffodils
    the pendulous branches of a weeping willow
    lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers

How To Use pendulous In A Sentence

  • This spring-flowering species has elegant slender stems, suspended from which are pendulous bell-shaped flowers, very green in bud, opening to cream, crisscrossed with green and maroon netted markings.
  • The arrangement of pendulous petal groups has a similar appearance to that of the red-hot poker or some aloe flowers.
  • I saw pieces of buttocks and mountainous thighs and pendulous abdomens emerging. Powdered Sugar on Bare Skin
  • In one spot deep within the gorge, the pendulous nests of green oropendolas adorn the outer branches of a tall tree growing on one of the river's small islands.
  • The varieties with pendulous growth are suitable for hanging baskets and window boxes.
  • The saddleback, a black wattlebird with a tan saddle of feathers on its back and a pendulous orange wattle at the base of its bill, has been translocated 27 times since 1925 and now inhabits approximately 16 islands.
  • Seventy or eighty of them form enormous pendulous bunches, of which each tree annually ripens three.
  • Sky flower is a common name for golden dewdrop, a towering shrubby perennial with pendulous clusters of white, lavender or purple flowers followed by golden berries.
  • Some of these “conservative” gay bashers should be fitted for bras, given their own very unmasculine bodies and pendulous he-boobies. Think Progress » Gates to stop military from discharging gay troops who are outed by ‘third parties or jilted partners.’
  • Sourwood decks itself with pendulous seedpods, and hazelnut displays dangling catkins in early spring.
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