Cernuous (Adjective)
Meaning
Having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The cernuous stems of the orchid seemed to dance in the gentle breeze.
- Cernuous branches weighed down by the heavy blooms swayed in the garden.
- Lilacs with cernuous panicles of fragrant flowers lined the old stone wall.
- The weeping cherry tree's cernuous limbs stretched towards the ground like delicate fingers.
- In the late spring, the cernuous heads of the bellflowers bowed to the ground.