inflexed

[ in-flekst ]

/ ɪnˈflɛkst /

inflected; bent or folded downward or inward: an inflexed leaf.

Origin of inflexed

1655–65; < Latin inflex(us), past participle of inflectere to bend in (see inflect) + -ed²

He was soon within the sac, and the inflexed wings of the margin had closed above him, as shown in section, Fig. 17.

My Studio Neighbors |William Hamilton Gibson
This seems to obtain particularly in Coleoptera; but in some, as Mylabris, it is inflexed, forming an acute angle with it.

An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) |William Kirby
Pileoli innumerable, inflexed and appressed, plicate, brown.

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise |M. E. Hard
As with the other members of this genus, the petals have an inflexed lip.

Field and Woodland Plants |William S. Furneaux

Stamens 5, included; filaments slender; anthers arrow-shaped, with an inflexed tip.

The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States |Asa Gray

inflexed

/ (ɪnˈflɛkst) /

biology curved or bent inwards and downwards towards the axis inflexed leaves