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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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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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