FILIPENDULOUS

Adjective

filipendulous (comparative more filipendulous, superlative most filipendulous)

Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.

Source: Wiktionary


Fil`i*pen"du*lous, a. Etym: [L. filum a thread + pendulus hanging, fr. pend to hang.] (Bot.)

Definition: Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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