deflexedadj.
/dɪˈflɛkst/ Zoology and Botany.
Bent downwards; deflected.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > turned inwards, upwards, backwards, etc.
reflexeda1500
resupinated1661
nutant1751
nodding1776
resupinate1776
reversed1777
deflex1791
retrorse1818
deflexed1826
deflected1828
fornicate1828
invaginated1835
antrorse1838
invertile1853
posterial1866
retrorsal1870
invaginate1887
invaginable1888
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xlvii. 386 The organs of flight are deflexed and do not lap over each other.
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) iv. 41 Stem rough with deflexed bristles.
1871 E. F. Staveley Brit. Insects 127 Such insects as have the wings, when at rest, deflexed—lying over the body like a shelving roof.
?1877 F. E. Hulme Familiar Wild Flowers I. Summary p. vi Pedicels bearing fruit deflexed.
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