patulous
Americanadjective
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open; gaping; expanded.
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Botany.
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spreading, as a tree or its boughs.
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spreading slightly, as a calyx.
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bearing the flowers loose or dispersed, as a peduncle.
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adjective
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botany spreading widely or expanded
patulous branches
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rare gaping
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Etymology
Origin of patulous
First recorded in 1610–20, patulous is from the Latin word patulus standing wide-open. See patent, -ulous
Example Sentences
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The os uteri is soft, patulous, and its edges are torn.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
Ponfick has shown that these are venous infarctions, the arterioles leading to them being patulous.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The patulous elms, then, exercised their influence on the manœuvres.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
In seven months the abdomen presented the signs of pregnancy, but the cervix was soft and patulous; the sound entered three inches and was followed by some hemorrhage.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Weather jolly, but altogether too hot for anything but lying on the grass "under the tegmination of the patulous fage," as the poet observes.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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