inflexed

[ in-flekst ]

adjectiveBotany, Zoology.
  1. inflected; bent or folded downward or inward: an inflexed leaf.

Origin of inflexed

1
1655–65; <Latin inflex(us), past participle of inflectere to bend in (see inflect) + -ed2

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British Dictionary definitions for inflexed

inflexed

/ (ɪnˈflɛkst) /


adjective
  1. biology curved or bent inwards and downwards towards the axis: inflexed leaves

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