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deflexed

[ dih-flekst ]

adjective

, Biology.
  1. bent abruptly downward.


deflexed

/ ˈdiːflɛkst; dɪˈflɛkst /

adjective

  1. (of leaves, petals, etc) bent sharply outwards and downwards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of deflexed1

1820–30; < Latin dēflex ( us ) bent down ( deflection ) + -ed 2
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Example Sentences

The lowest pair of pinn stand forward and are conspicuously deflexed, giving an easy clew to the plant's identity.

Stegopterous, ste-gop′te-rus, adj. roof-winged, keeping the wings deflexed when at rest.

The flowers are white or pinkish, becoming brown and deflexed as the corolla fades.

Involucral scales few, herbaceous, nearly equal, soon deflexed beneath the globular disk.

Stamens 8, distinct; anthers with a pair of deflexed appendages on the back, the cells opening each by a long chink.

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