pensile

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The "pensile Lilac" has been sung by many poets; but the spirit of the flower has been best portrayed in verse by Elizabeth Akers.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

They construct pensile nests composed of interlaced grass and other similar materials.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg

These are in great part perpendicular, and are overclambered with airy stairways climbing to pensile arbors.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 by Various

The crested waters sleep; White stars their emerald twilight keep Above the tryst of pensile glories That kiss to purple-and-gold the deep.

From Song-waves by Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding)

The nest was pensile, like that of the Baltimore Oriole.

From Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1897 by Various