deflexed

[ dih-flekst ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. bent abruptly downward.
2. deflected.

deflexed

/ ˈdiːflɛkst; dɪˈflɛkst /

adjective

1. (of leaves, petals, etc) bent sharply outwards and downwards

Word History and Origins

Origin of deflexed¹

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

Example Sentences

Bill short, strong, conic, base trigonal, sides compressed, culmin elevated, upper mandible towards the tip deflexed and notched, under mandible shorter and straight, the base thick, the margins of both inflexed.

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Bill elongated, thick, hollow, deflexed, the margins obtusely crenated, with excrescences of various forms placed on the upper mandible.

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Standard oblong-oval, spreading; keel oblong, straight, deflexed.

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Leaflets 13–21, oblong or lanceolate, nearly glabrous; stipules scaly, united opposite the petiole; raceme of many deflexed purple flowers; standard shorter than the keel; joints of the pod 3 or 4, smooth, reticulated.—Lab. to northern Maine and Vt.; north shore of L. Superior, and north and westward.

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Flowers large, purple, in a long raceme; calyx-limb deeply parted; petals entire; stamens and style successively deflexed; stigma of 4 long lobes.

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