flexile

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P. campan. obtuse, glabrous, slightly striate, tinged olive; g. crowded, cinnamon; s. very slender, flexile, glabrous, cinnamon; sp. 10-13 long.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Who knows now, but that flexile gracefulness, however questionable at the time of that thirtieth boy of yours, might have been the silky husk of the most solid qualities of maturity.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman

P. 1-2 cm. campan.-convex, exp. obtuse, hygr. even when dry, glabrous, cinnamon then pale; g. adnate, crowded; s. 3-5 cm. rigid, flexile, glabrous; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Radical leaves.—Very numerous; two or three feet long; about two lines broad; gracefully flexile; serrulate.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Human shape no more The god permits his foolish ears to wear; But long extends them, and with hoary hairs Fills them within; and grants them power to move, From their foundation flexile.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.