It is a terrible weapon; and, when once launched into the flesh of its victim, its withdrawal is impossible, on account of the reflexed barb.
Flowers: male dark indigo-blue, turning violet when nearly ready to open; female with dark violet-purple obovate scales much shorter than their strongly reflexed bracts contracted into slender tips.
Pinnæ triangular-ovate, usually distant, the ends of the rounded lobes reflexed and forming separate involucres which are pushed back by the ripening sporangia.
The indusium is formed of the altered margin of the pinnule, at first reflexed to the midrib, giving it a pod-like appearance, but at length opening out flat and exposing the sporangia.
Lobes obtuse, but appear acute when their margins arereflexed over the sori.
Sporangia borne in a continuous line along the lower margin of the ultimate divisions whose reflexed edges form the indusium.
Pinnules triangular-oblong, bearing short sori on their inwardly reflexed margins which form the indusium.
Indusium formed by thereflexed margin of the pinnules.
Indusium formed of the reflexed margins of the fertile segments which are more or less membranous.
Adiantum Ferns with much divided leaves and short, marginal sori borne at the ends of free-forking veins, on the under side of the reflexed and altered portion of the pinnules, which serves as an indusium.
Illustration] (2) Sporangia in oblong sori under a reflexed tooth of a pinnule; indusium broad; rachis dark and shining.
The indusium whitish and sometimes herbaceous, formed of the reflexed margin of the lobes or of the whole pinnule.
The word Cryptográmma means in Greek a hidden line, alluding to the line of sporangia hidden beneath the reflexed margin.
The aperture is oval and white within; the anterior canal is entirely closed and is reflexedslightly over the back.
There are square black spots on the reflexed lip; the aperture is pink, and the teeth and columellar ribs white.
The shell is marked by three well-raised varices upon each whorl, which are reflexed backward; between each varix is a rounded knob.
The minute reflexed bristles which project in rows on all sides from the body, thus have excellent points of support; and the burrow is rendered well adapted for the rapid movement of the animal.
Flower of Fuchsia in which the calyx was leafy, the petals normal (reflexed in the figure), the stamens partially converted into ovaries, the ordinary inferior ovary being absent.
The scales of the cap become erect or reflexed and sometimes appear blackish at the tips.
In most of the species the pileus is at first resupinate, but it generally becomes reflexed as it enlarges.
Leaves four together, sessile, rather broader towards their base, three-nerved, slightly reflexed at the margin.
This day I gathered a sort of Pink, Caryophyllus, with reflexed petals of a purplish colour, divided into many segments almost to their base.
Of the open peridia, the reflexed segments remind one of certain didermas, as D.
The outer peridium is reflexed exactly as in some species of that genus; is yellow without, white within, and withal long persistent.
Small as are the capitula of this flower, its seeds or achenia are armed with awns having reflexed hooks scarcely visible to the naked eye; it is these that are found so troublesome among the wool.
Aperture obliquely lunate; peristome simple, thin, slightly thickened and reflexed partly over the perforation.
This great width of mouth is shown in the skeleton by the reflexed edges of the ramus of the lower jaw.
The thorns themselves are either very small, few and single, or very large and triple; they are {355} sometimes reflexed and much dilated at their bases.
Skull of Runt, seen from above, of natural size, showing the reflexed margin of the distal portion of the lower jaw.
There is also a sharp, reflexed appendage in the notch.
The calyx is of six oblong sharpish leaves, reflexedand permanent.
Fibula of the La Tène period, showing the development of the reflexed terminal, and the bilateral spring.
The occludent segment is bluntly pointed; it is directed a little inwards from the edge of the orifice towards the terga; the apex reaches up just above the slightly reflexed lower point of the terga.
Vesiculae seminales not reflexedat their broad ends; white, spotted with black.
Testes large, branched like a stag's horns, attached in a sheet to the ventral surface of the stomach: the vesiculae seminales enter the prosoma, and have their reflexed ends not very blunt.
The thorns themselves are either very small, few and single, or very large and triple; they are sometimes reflexed and much dilated at their bases.
SKULL OF RUNT, seen from above, of natural size, showing the reflexedmargin of the distal portion of the lower jaw.
The corolla is composed of five segments, which are reflexed or turned back and the crown has five erect or spreading "hoods," within each of which is a slender incurved horn.
The protuberance is usually reflexed from the unequal growth of the two surfaces.
With both, the cones are in crowded nodal clusters, reflexed against the branch.
Its erect conelet and reflexed cone distinguish it from P.
The cones of these species are in crowded nodal clusters, reflexed against the branch (fig.
The leaves are arranged in lax rosettes and are reflexed or pressed flat to the earth nearly all their length.
During bright weather the divisions of the lily-like flowers become reflexed and otherwise show themselves to advantage.
The latter is conspicuous from the reflexed condition of the limb of the perianth, and also from its lobes and membranous fringe being a soft lemon-yellow colour.
Sweetwilliam; whilst the stout reflexed and pointed features of the leaves, and the general form of the small but double flowers resemble D.
The leaves in form are lance-shaped, concave, reflexed near the ends, and sharp-pointed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reflexed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
