deflexed

American  

[dih-flekst] / dɪˈflɛkst /

adjective

Biology.

1. bent abruptly downward.

2. deflected.

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deflexed British  

/ ˈdiːflɛkst, dɪˈflɛkst /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of deflexed

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

Example Sentences

Reversed: turned in, an unusual or contrary direction, as upside down or inside out: said of wings when they are deflexed, the margin of secondaries projecting beyond those of primaries.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

The spines are stout, all deflexed, and arranged along the edges of the numerous ribs into which the stem is divided.

From Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation by Watson, W.

Pedicels straight, thickened toward the end, all regularly deflexed, 3-4 times longer than the fruiting calyx Swamp Dock, Rumex verticillatus. 6b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Branches are many, short, crowded, densely clothed from the base with sessile, imbricating, much compressed deflexed spikelets.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

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

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa