inflexed

American

[in-flekst] / ɪnˈflɛkst /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

inflected; bent or folded downward or inward.

an inflexed leaf.

inflexed British

/ ɪnˈflɛkst /

adjective

biology curved or bent inwards and downwards towards the axis

inflexed leaves

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Etymology

Origin of inflexed

1655–65; < Latin inflex ( us ), past participle of inflectere to bend in ( inflect ) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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Shell nodulous, outer lip above rounded, attached to the spire, deeply bilobated, margin thick, inflexed, slightly nodulous; basal lobe toothed; aperture smooth.

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Shell ponderous, with longitudinally compressed nodules; outer lip inflexed, the margin thick, above attenuated and produced beyond the spire; channel truncated.

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Bill short, strong, conic, compressed; the base slightly gaping; upper mandible inflexed; under mandible largest.

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Bill short, strong, thick, straight, conic; upper mandible swelled, the tip slightly inflexed, entire; culmine convex, the base angulated.

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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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