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Patulous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAT'ULOUS, a. [L. patulus, from pateo, to be open.]
Spreading, as a patulous calyx; bearing the flowers loose or dispersed, as a patulous peduncle.

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin patulus, from pat?re to be open — more at fathom Date: 1616 spreading widely from a center <a tree with patulous branches>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of branches etc.) spreading. 2 formal open; expanded. Derivatives: patulously adj. patulousness n. Etymology: L patulus f. patere be open

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Patulous Pat"u*lous, a. [L. patulus, fr. patere to be open, extend.] Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers. The eyes are large and patulous. --Sir J. Hill.