Filipendulous \Fil`i*pen"du*lous\ (?; 135), a. [L. filum a
thread + pendulus hanging, fr. pend[=e]re to hang.] (Bot.)
Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous
swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender,
threadlike rootlets.
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