(adj) of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs, Syn.Philippine, Example: the Philippine President; our Filipino cook
a. [ L. filum a thread + pendulus hanging, fr. pendēre to hang. ] (Bot.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl. Filipinos /plu>. [ Sp. ] A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood. [ wns=1 ]
Then there are Filipinos, -- “children of the country, ” they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood. The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
2. the official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog. It draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages. [ wns=2 ] Syn. -- Philippine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
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