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
Other Word Forms
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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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 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 )
A, Gastroscopic view of a gastrojejunostomy opening drawn patulous by the tube mouth.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
Yet, by reason of the patulous elms, he had seen nothing of them.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
Cones from 5 to 8 cm. long, short-pedunculate, erect or patulous; ovate-conic, symmetrical; apophyses rufous brown, low-pyramidal, the umbo mutic.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
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