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Meaning of PATULOUS

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pat"u*lous\, a. [L. patulus, fr. patere to be open,
extend.]
Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or
dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of
flowers.

      The eyes are large and patulous.         --Sir J. Hill.

 

 

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