Pendulous
pendulous (adjective; variant spelling: pendulose) – (1) refers to a kind of fruticose growth, i. e., "fruticose filamentose branching", much stouter, not as finely divided; see @@@@@@) – vine-like branching, e. g., in Usnea, in which a short main stem is soon divided into sub-symmetrical branches, from which secondary branches are grown by further dichotomy, becoming parallel to each other and often equipped with fibrils. (2) (="fruticose filamentose branching") – vine-like branching, e. g., in Usnea, in which a short main stem is soon divided into sub-symmetrical branches, from which secondary branches are grown by further dichotomy, becoming parallel to each other and often equipped with fibrils; (3) hanging down and supported from above, with little or no horizontal or erect growth; implies a freedom to swing or sway (like a pendulum).
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