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Answer for the clue "Open ", 8 letters:
patulous

Word definitions for patulous in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Patulous \Pat"u*lous\, a. [L. patulus, fr. patere to be open, extend.] Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers. The eyes are large and patulous. --Sir J. Hill.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. open; spread; exposed

Usage examples of patulous.

They paused on the high side of the slope, shaded by the patulous branches of a towering cottonwood tree.

Her bright head was covered with one of those patulous splashes of black lace that serve as a substratum for a garland of flowers.