flexuoseadj.
/flɛksjuːˈəʊs/ Chiefly Botany.
Winding in and out, bending to and fro, serpentine, undulating, crooked.
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tortivous14..
anfractuous?a1425
tortuous1426
tortuea1500
snakish1532
winding1538
wormy1545
boughty1570
wriggled1572
sinuous1578
serpent-likea1586
crankled1594
serpent1597
snaky1600
flexuous1605
snaking1605
cringle-crangle1606
voluminous1611
serpenting?1614
serpentine1615
curvy1623
serpentizing1628
worming1631
lacinious1648
anguineous1656
anguine1657
anfractuose1680
twisting1683
vermicular1712
worm-like1721
flexuose1727
meandering1748
crinkum-crankum1766
serpentiform1777
serpentining1799
anguiform1800
ophite1828
tortuose1829
cranky1836
sinuose1836
serpentile1857
twisty1857
sinuated1859
vermiculatea1864
twinyc1868
tortive1880
crinkle-crankle1881
serpentinous1882
quirky1890
twistical1890
waggly1894
wriggly1901
squiggly1902
wiggly1903
contortionate1911
wig-waggy1914
curvaceous1965
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvi. 395 The stem is a little flexuose or winding.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxxv. 673 In Lygæus Pharaonis the posterior pair are flexuose.
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) ix. 154 Stalk of sporangium curved, flexuose.
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