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patulous
[ pach-uh-luhs ]
adjective
- open; gaping; expanded.
- Botany.
- spreading, as a tree or its boughs.
- spreading slightly, as a calyx.
- bearing the flowers loose or dispersed, as a peduncle.
patulous
/ ˈpætjʊləs /
adjective
- botany spreading widely or expanded
patulous branches
- rare.gaping
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Derived Forms
- ˈpatulousness, noun
- ˈpatulously, adverb
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Other Words From
- patu·lous·ly adverb
- patu·lous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of patulous1
C17: from Latin patulus open, from patēre to lie open
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Example Sentences
The gland-ducts are enlarged, patulous or plugged with sebaceous and epithelial matter.
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Ponfick has shown that these are venous infarctions, the arterioles leading to them being patulous.
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Yet, by reason of the patulous elms, he had seen nothing of them.
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The patulous elms, then, exercised their influence on the manœuvres.
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