flexile
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Second—The Star Tulips, having low, flexile stems, erect, starlike flowers, with spreading petals, and nodding capsules.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
P. 4-7 mm. conical then exp. papillate, deeply striate when moist, brownish or greyish then pale; g. narrowed and adnate, greyish white; s. 6-14 cm. livid, flexile, rooting; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Of fishes in my net I dragg'd; and now, “Plac'd on a rock, I with my flexile rod “Guided the line.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
The scrub is mostly dry, while the larger forests are comparatively damp, and often beautiful with flowering trees, small tree-ferns, and flexile climbers.
From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
As the flexile youth progressed, amazement gave place to indignation and then to disgust.
From The Husbands of Edith by McCutcheon, George Barr
