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Deflexed  [ Botany  ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

Synonyms: Decurved, Reflexed.
Adjective: aaa 
Adverbbs: aaa 
     
  Broadly bent downwards. (used in Botany to describe leaves, petals or other parts that bend sharply downward)  
     

E.g. a deflexed leaf is a leaf turned abruptly downward (cf. Reflexed, Decurved. Recurved, Revolute, Incurved)

( From Latin deflexus, past participle of deflectere = to bent downward )

     

 

 

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