Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pendulous \Pen"du*lous\, a. [L. pendulus, fr. pendere to hang.
   Cf. {Pendant}, and cf. {Pendulum}.]
   1. Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging. --Shak.
      ``The pendulous round earth.'' --Milton.

   2. Wavering; unstable; doubtful. [R.] ``A pendulous state of
      mind.'' --Atterbury.

   3. (Bot.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a
      recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper
      part of the ovary.

Source : WordNet®

pendulous
     adj : having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding
           daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping
           willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant
           flowers" [syn: {cernuous}, {drooping}, {nodding}]