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Etymology
[edit]From Latin decurrens — de (“down”) + curro (“to run”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]decurrent (comparative more decurrent, superlative most decurrent)
- (botany) Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem.
- (mycology) Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down the stipe of the mushroom.
- In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is decurrent.
- (obsolete) running or extending downwards.
Translations
[edit]pertaining to plant parts that extend downward
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References
[edit]- Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]dēcurrent