- filipendulous
- Suspended by a single thread
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
filipendulous
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Filipendulous — Fil i*pen du*lous (?; 135), a. [L. filum a thread + pendulus hanging, fr. pend[=e]re to hang.] (Bot.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
filipendulous — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ləs adjective Etymology: fili + pendulous : suspended by or strung upon a thread * * * filipenˈdulous /fil / adjective Hanging by or strung on a thread • • • Main Entry: ↑filiform * * * filipendulous, a. (fɪlɪˈpɛndjʊləs) [f. mod … Useful english dictionary
filipendulous — adjective Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets … Wiktionary
filipendulous — fil·i·pen·du·lous … English syllables
filiferous — a. bearing threads. ♦ filiform, a. thread like. ♦ filigerous, a. flagellate. ♦ filipendulous, a. hanging by a thread … Dictionary of difficult words
