patulous adjective.
['patjʊlǝs] E17.[from Latin patulus spreading, from patere be open: see -ULOUS.]1. Open; expanded; gaping.
E17.2. Esp. of the boughs of a tree: spreading.
L17.3. Botany. Of a calyx etc.: outwardly divergent.
M18. ■ patulent adjective (
rare) =
PATULOUS 1
E18. ■ patulously adverb L19. ■ patulousness noun L19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲