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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cernuous
    adj 1: 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,
           pendulous, weeping]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cernuous \Cer"nu*ous\, a. [L. cernuus with the face turned
   toward the earth.] (Bot.)
   Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said
   of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.
   [1913 Webster]

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