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

The inflorescence is a narrow pyramidal raceme of slender, spreading or deflexed spikes.

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

Stamens 8, distinct; anthers with a pair of deflexed appendages on the back, the cells opening each by a long chink.

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

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

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

Corolla.—Bilabiate; upper lip arched, entire; lower three-lobed; deflexed.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth