Definitions for patulous

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patulous pat·u·lous

Spelling: [pach-uh-luh s]

IPA: /ˈpætʃ ə ləs/

Patulous is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 263 anagrams from letters in patulous (alopstuu).

Definitions for patulous

adjective

1. open; gaping; expanded.
2. Botany. spreading, as a tree or its boughs. spreading slightly, as a calyx. bearing the flowers loose or dispersed, as a peduncle.

Origin of patulous

First recorded in 1610-20, patulous is from the Latin word patulus standing wide-open. See patent, -ulous

Examples for patulous

The gland-ducts are enlarged, patulous or plugged with sebaceous and epithelial matter.

Yet, by reason of the patulous elms, he had seen nothing of them.

The patulous elms, then, exercised their influence on the manœuvres.