"flex out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: flexes out [present, singular, third-person], flexing out [participle, present], flexed out [participle, past], flexed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flex out (third-person singular simple present flexes out, present participle flexing out, simple past and past participle flexed out)
  1. (agriculture, intransitive, of corn plants) To respond to greater space availability by growing larger kernels (as opposed to growing at a consistent size no matter what, i.e. fixed-ear hybrids). Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Agriculture

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