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

Lateral lobes: the deflexed portions of pronotum that cover the sides of pro-thorax in many Orthoptera: in certain Hymenoptera, lie on each side of the parapsidal furrows of mesoscutum and = scapulae.

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.

Lower deflexed; with three lobes, the central much larger.

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

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

The flowers are white or pinkish, becoming brown and deflexed as the corolla fades.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various