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); see current

Example Sentences

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decurrent

Differs from M. aetites and M. stanneus in gills not having a decurrent tooth and not connected by veins. tenuis, Bolton.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 1.5-2 cm. orbicular, soon plane, disc fleshy, blackish brown then grey, margin striate; g. with decurrent tooth, grey; s. 3-4 cm. even, glabrous, base downy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 1 cm. convex, dark disc becoming depr. greyish with brown lines; g. plane then decurrent, shining white; s. 3-4 cm. tough, polished, fibrillosely rooting; sp. ——. tenella, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-3 cm. exp. hygr. grey, even, and tin colour with a silky sheen when dry; g. with decurrent tooth, connected by veins, greyish white; s. 5-7 cm. even, shining, often compressed; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Rather stout, flexuose, creeping at base; leaves rather distant, decurrent on both sides, ciliate-dentate, the lower lobe obovate, obtuse, slightly convex, the upper cordate, acute, concave; perianth densely ciliate; capsule large, roundish-ovate, reddish-brown.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa