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reflexed

American  
[ri-flekst, ree-flekst] / rɪˈflɛkst, ˈri flɛkst /

adjective

  1. bent backward or downward, as a leaf.


Etymology

Origin of reflexed

1350–1400; Middle English: reflected; see reflex, -ed 2

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Cheery yellow 3-inch blooms with slightly reflexed petals, technically the perianth, nod at the end of 12-inch stems.

From Seattle Times Aug. 19, 2023

The oddest variety, and also a top scorer, was Snow Cone, whose white, deeply reflexed blooms are small for a coneflower, but massed in a profusion that masks the foliage.

From Washington Post Feb. 16, 2021

Because I came back negative, it reflexed to COVID-19.

From Slate Apr. 12, 2020

He reflexed back two huge putaway shots, one an overhead.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2015

Calyx-tube slightly prolonged, the end filled by a cup-shaped disk, deciduous; lobes 2, reflexed.

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

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