reflexed

[ ri-flekst, ree-flekst ]

adjective

1. bent backward or downward, as a leaf.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reflexed¹

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

Example Sentences

Its color is a soft pink, shaded with cream, with reflexed petals.

From Project Gutenberg

Of the open peridia, the reflexed segments remind one of certain didermas, as D. radiatum.

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Flowers sterile or nearly so, open in mid-season; stamens reflexed.

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One of Munsons grapes which was not introduced on account of reflexed stamens.

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Flowers sterile, open mid-season or earlier; stamens reflexed.

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