a. [f. L. cernu-us inclined forwards + -OUS.] Bowing downwards; in Bot. of a flower: Having the top bent downwards; drooping, nodding.
1653. J. Hall, Paradoxes, 48. That very weight which sinks us downe from our erect constitution, into the cernuous lownesse of beasts.
1836. Penny Cycl., V. 252. (Bot. Terms) Cernuous, drooping.
1853. G. Johnston, Nat. Hist. E. Bord., 42. The flowers are cernuous before their blow.
