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flexuous
(encz) | flexuous,poddajný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flexuous
(encz) | flexuous,přizpůsobivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Flexuous
(gcide) | Flexuous \Flex"u*ous\, a. [L. flexuosus, fr. flexus a bending,
turning.]
1. Having turns, windings, or flexures.
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2. (Bot.) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions;
bent in a zigzag manner.
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3. Wavering; not steady; flickering. --Bacon.
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flexuous
(gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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flexuous
(wn) | flexuous
adj 1: having turns or windings; "the flexuous bed of the
stream" |
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Flexuous
(gcide) | Flexuous \Flex"u*ous\, a. [L. flexuosus, fr. flexus a bending,
turning.]
1. Having turns, windings, or flexures.
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2. (Bot.) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions;
bent in a zigzag manner.
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3. Wavering; not steady; flickering. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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