Definition of Reflexed

1. Adjective. (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees.

Similar to: Crooked

Definition of Reflexed

1. a. Bent backward or outward.

Definition of Reflexed

1. Verb. (past of reflex) ¹

2. Adjective. turned backwards ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reflexed

1. reflex [v] - See also: reflex

Medical Definition of Reflexed

1. Bent sharply downwards or backwards. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reflexed

reflex headache
reflex incontinence
reflex inhibition
reflex iridoplegia
reflex movement
reflex neurogenic bladder
reflex otalgia
reflex response
reflex sensation
reflex sympathetic dystrophy
reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
reflex symptom
reflex tachycardia
reflex therapy
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reflexibilities
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reflexional
reflexionally
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reflexive possessive pronoun
reflexive possessive pronouns
reflexive pronoun

Literary usage of Reflexed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Scienceedited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1868)
"Median small, reflexed, extremity articulating with a narrow tooth, the other end of which is connected »¡ili a strong tricuspid tooth, and flanked by three ..."

2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"... narrowly bordered and lower margin slightly reflexed, serrato pyrit'orm, ... the lower margin reflexed : flowers rarely bisexual : capsule horizontal or ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"fls. yellow, spotted with reddish brown; sepals and petals oblong-lanceolate, acute, reflexed; labellum spreading, broad-clawed, 3-lobed, ..."

4. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1856)
"Perfection, Standish; pure white, with blush-pink corolla; well reflexed; ... Mrs. Story, Story; scarlet tube and sepals, well reflexed, corolla white ..."

5. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1868)
"Median small, reflexed, extremity articulating with a narrow tooth, the other end of which is connected with a strong tricuspid tooth, and flanked by three ..."

6. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"Stamens 10, on the base of the corolla, filaments short dilated below ; anthers deflexed, ovoid, opening by 2 pores, awns 2 reflexed. Disk annular. ..."

7. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1872)
"1st lateral with slightly rounded claw, edges partially reflexed and ... Laterals, edges reflexed, denticulated. Specimen in cabinet of EMS Cerithium (? ..."

8. Manual of the Mosses of North America by Leo Lesquereux, Thomas Potts James (1884)
"... short and erect, or long, creeping and decumbent with short erect flowering branchlets. Leaves equal except at the base of the innovations, reflexed or ..."

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