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pendent

adjective as in hanging; overhanging

adjective as in undecided

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The species of this genus have male inflorescences, clusters of flowers on branches, that are pendent and nectarless, which has made scientists assume they are pollinated by wind.

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No one answered; but a form emerged from the closet; it took the light, held it aloft, and surveyed the garments pendent from the portmanteau.

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Separatists pendent their own groups who seek to become independent of the nation that has power over them and to form their own government.

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To complete the ensemble, Spears wore a beaded necklace with an arrowhead-shaped pendent.

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From a single, pendent stalk, pollinated female flowers are forming the familiar bunches of bananas, but they’re small and green.

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