Glossary of Botanical Terms:
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pendent (pendulous): drooping, hanging downwards; e.g. of a shrub,. Fig. 1 O; of an ovule hanging from the top of the ovary, i.e. in an apical position. Fig. 13 G.
Fig. 1. Plant Habits and Growth Forms. A, erect; B, ascending; C, virgate; D, intricate; E, divaricate; F, suckers; G, coppice shoots; H, lignotuber; I, epiphytes; J, decumbent; K, procumbent; L, prostrate; M, stoloniferous; N, rhizomatous; O, pendent.
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