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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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From graceful, reflexed forms to showy parrot types with ruffled petals, the blooms flaunt a rainbow of colors — except true blue.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

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

Flowers monœcious, with the lower whorls pistillate, or diœcious; stamens few or numerous, covering the receptacle; sepals spreading or reflexed in fruit.

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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