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nutant

[ noot-nt, nyoot- ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. drooping; nodding.


nutant

/ ˈːəԳ /

adjective

  1. botany having the apex hanging down

    nutant flowers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nutant1

1745–55; < Latin ūٲԳ- (stem of ūԲ ), present participle of ū to nod repeatedly. See nutation, -ant
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nutant1

C18: from Latin ū to nod
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Example Sentences

Dum bene dives ager, dum rami pondere nutant; Adferat in calatho rustica dona puer.

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Scinduntur tunicae sartae modo; longa coruscat 65 serraco veniente abies, atque altera pinum plaustra vehunt, nutant alte populoque minantur.

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Sporangia simple, nutant, discoidal.         a.

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Nutant: nodding; the tip bent toward the horizon.

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Nam, longâ venti rabie, atque aspergine crebrâ Aequorei laticis, specus imâ rupe cavatur: Jam fultura ruit, jam summa cacumina nutant; Jam cadit in praeceps moles, et verberat undas.

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