1. Drooping or nodding; bending downward.
Usage: Chiefly botanical or literary; formal or technical register.

Examples

• The cernuous flowers hung gracefully from the stem.
• Cernuous branches swayed in the gentle breeze.
• The plant's cernuous habit made it ideal for hanging baskets.
• Botanists noted the cernuous inflorescence of the species.
• The cernuous posture of the weeping willow is characteristic of the tree.