reflexed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of reflexed
Example Sentences
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Elegant bicolor blooms appear in early spring with reflexed ivory perianths and a golden corona, or trumpet, that shifts to a soft apricot as the bloom ages.
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
Exceedingly variable.—Var. pusíllum, Gray, the smallest form; leaves only in 4's, 3–4´´ long, narrow, in age often reflexed; peduncles 1-flowered.
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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