flexile
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Radical-leaves.—Strongly ribbed underneath; dark, shining green above; one to three feet long; three to eight lines broad; flexile; rosy pink at base.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
P. 1-1.5 cm. campan. subpapillate, striate, brownish yellow; g. broad, yellowish-ochre; s. 4-7 cm. equal, flexile, yellow, apex mealy; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
What think you of callas—their frozen calm kindled by the ruddy flush of azaleas, and their superb stateliness opposed by the flexile vivacity of the feathery willow acacia?
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
But Claire's figure was of such supple and flexile slenderness that the weight and volume of this apparel made her light step and airy contour win a new charm and a new vivacity.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
Then might his fingers become flexile, his mind untied.
From Melomaniacs by James Huneker
