Reflexed

Reflexed [ Botany ]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonyms: Decurved, Deflexed.

Bent sharply backwards and hence (usually) downwards.

Used in Botany to describe leaves, petals or other parts that bend downward and outward more than 90 degrees. E.g. a Reflexed leaf is a leaf turned abruptly backward (cf. Deflexed, Decurved. Recurved, Revolute, Incurved)

( From Latin "reflexus", past participle of "reflectere" = to reflect )

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