deflexed
/dih-flekst/US // dɪˈflɛkst //UK // (dɪˈflɛkst, ˈdiːflɛkst) //
外折,外折的,外折型,外折式
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Biology.
- : bent abruptly downward.
- : deflected.
Examples
The lowest pair of pinn stand forward and are conspicuously deflexed, giving an easy clew to the plant's identity.
Stegopterous, ste-gop′te-rus, adj. roof-winged, keeping the wings deflexed when at rest.
The flowers are white or pinkish, becoming brown and deflexed as the corolla fades.
Involucral scales few, herbaceous, nearly equal, soon deflexed beneath the globular disk.
Stamens 8, distinct; anthers with a pair of deflexed appendages on the back, the cells opening each by a long chink.
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