Filipendulous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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