filipendulous

English

Adjective

filipendulous (comparative more filipendulous, superlative most filipendulous)

Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.

Translations

suspended by a thread

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for filipendulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)