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patulous

[ pach-uh-luhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

open; gaping; expanded.
Botany.
1. spreading, as a tree or its boughs.
2. spreading slightly, as a calyx.
3. bearing the flowers loose or dispersed, as a peduncle.

patulous

/ ˈpætjʊləs /

First recorded in 1610–20, patulous is from the Latin word patulus standing wide-open. See patent, -ulous

C17: from Latin patulus open, from patēre to lie open

The gland-ducts are enlarged, patulous or plugged with sebaceous and epithelial matter.

Ponfick has shown that these are venous infarctions, the arterioles leading to them being patulous.

Yet, by reason of the patulous elms, he had seen nothing of them.

The patulous elms, then, exercised their influence on the manœuvres.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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