cernuous

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cernuous (SURN-yoo-uhs, SUR-noo-uhs) - adj., (botany) inclining or nodding downward, drooping.


Used for a bud, flower, or fruit. Some sunflowers are disappointingly cernuous. From Latin cernuus, leaning forwards/facing the earth, of obscure origin.

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