See Also: patulous(medicine)
patulous(dictionary)

patulous (iou)



patulous adjective. E17.
[from Latin patulus spreading, from patere be open: see -ULOUS.]
Open; expanded; gaping. E17.
Esp. of the boughs of a tree: spreading. L17.
Botany. Of a calyx etc.: outwardly divergent. M18.
patulent adjective (rare) = PATULOUS 1 E18.
patulously adverb L19.
patulousness noun L19.