flexile

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P. 1.5-2.5 cm. conico-campan. papillate, striate, somewhat bay; g. adnate, ascending; s. 3-7 cm. equal, flexile, even, reddish; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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.—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 Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

A man of the world, with experiences, and in his quality, no doubt, the logical, inevitable result of such experiences—one with a conscience flexile and seeking, but hard as rock when once satisfied.

From A Man and a Woman by Waterloo, Stanley

But chief at sea, whose every flexile wave Obeys the blast, the aerial tumult swells.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various