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 ( see deflection) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Involucral scales few, herbaceous, nearly equal, soon deflexed beneath the globular disk.

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

And perhaps the most striking primula is P. Elwesiana, with large solitary deflexed purple flowers.

From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir

Stegopterous, ste-gop′te-rus, adj. roof-winged, keeping the wings deflexed when at rest.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Perigynium greenish, linear-lanceolate or almost needle shaped, not inflated, strongly deflexed at maturity, several times longer than the inconspicuous scale; spike androgynous, the pistillate flowers at base, few.—Sp.

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