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deflexed
[ dih-flekst ]
deflexed
/ ˈdiːflɛkst; dɪˈflɛkst /
adjective
- (of leaves, petals, etc) bent sharply outwards and downwards
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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.
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Stegopterous, ste-gop′te-rus, adj. roof-winged, keeping the wings deflexed when at rest.
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The flowers are white or pinkish, becoming brown and deflexed as the corolla fades.
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Involucral scales few, herbaceous, nearly equal, soon deflexed beneath the globular disk.
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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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