Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Suspended by a thread.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word filipendulous.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • It's truly a shame nobody really uses filipendulous anymore. (As I type this, the word is underlined in red.) Perhaps revivification of this archaic term can serve delightful and useful purposes.

    October 20, 2007