Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Tuesday Terminology: Pendulous

This word may describe the entire plant habit or any specific plant part.

Pendulous: drooping, weeping, hanging downward. (Latin) Pendens, pendulus cernuus: slightly drooping nutans: nodding

1 comments:

Moose Threads said...

The top picture brings back memories. My dad had them all over our yard as a kid. My brother and I used to play hide and seek amid them.