(botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament at the top and pointing back toward the filament like a hook.
carnifexes
circumflex
circumflex
adj
Curving around.
Having a circumflex mark.
noun
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.