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

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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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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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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