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patulous
[ pach-uh-luhs ]
/ ˈpætʃ ə ləs /
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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.
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Origin of patulous
OTHER WORDS FROM patulous
pat·u·lous·ly, adverbpat·u·lous·ness, nounWords nearby patulous
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How to use patulous in a sentence
The gland-ducts are enlarged, patulous or plugged with sebaceous and epithelial matter.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman StelwagonPonfick 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.
Through East Anglia in a Motor Car|J. E. (James Edmund) VincentThe patulous elms, then, exercised their influence on the manœuvres.
Through East Anglia in a Motor Car|J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent
British Dictionary definitions for patulous
patulous
/ (ˈpætjʊləs) /
adjective
botany spreading widely or expandedpatulous branches
rare gaping
Derived forms of patulous
patulously, adverbpatulousness, nounWord Origin for patulous
C17: from Latin patulus open, from patēre to lie open
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