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reflexed

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[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

Example Sentences

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Like its name suggests, Narcissus ‘February Gold’ is an early one with classic blooms, reflexed petals and a slightly darker trumpet atop 10-to-12-inch stems.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021

In others, they grow downward, and these reflexed petals bestow a different but agreeable characteristic to the flower.

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

Corolla with a very short tube, thickened throat, and 5-parted reflexed limb; the divisions long and narrow.

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