decurrent

American  

[dih-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-] / dɪˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- /

adjective

Botany.

1. extending down the stem below the place of insertion, as certain leaves.

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decurrent British  

/ dɪˈkʌrənt /

adjective

1. botany extending down the stem, esp (of a leaf) having the base of the blade extending down the stem as two wings

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Other Word Forms

• decurrence noun
• decurrency noun
• decurrently adverb

Etymology

Origin of decurrent

1745–55; < Latin dēcurrent- (stem of dēcurrēns ) running down (present participle of dēcurrere, equivalent to dē- de- + currere to run); current

Example Sentences

Leaves decurrent on the stem, forming prickly lobed wings, pinnatifid, rough and bristly above, woolly with deciduous webby hairs beneath, prickly; flowers purple.

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Biennial; leaves decurrent, sinuate, spiny; heads solitary, drooping; flowers purple.—Fields near Harrisburg, Pa., Prof. Porter.

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Otherwise as Cnicus.—Coarse, branching annuals, or biennials, with the stems winged by the decurrent base of the lobed and toothed somewhat prickly leaves.

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Capsule globular, many-seeded.—Tall and usually woolly biennial herbs, with alternate leaves, those of the stem sessile or decurrent.

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S. urticifòlia, L. Villous-pubescent and somewhat viscid, or glabrate, 1–2° high; leaves coarsely serrate, ovate, with truncate or cuneate base decurrent into a winged petiole; inflorescence racemose-spicate, of numerous distant clusters; calyx-lips divergent, the upper 3-toothed, lower 2-cleft; corolla blue and white, 5–6´´ long, twice the length of the calyx; style strongly bearded.—Woodlands,

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