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

P. 2-3 cm. tough, camp. even, bay, yellow brown, pallid, &c., viscid when moist; g. adnate with a decurrent tooth, crowded; s. 2-3 cm. even, glabrous, pallid, strigosely rooting; sp. 7-8 � 5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Culm stouter, nearly terete; leaves broadly linear, those of the involucre 8 or 9, tapering from base to apex; achene round-obovate, faintly wrinkled, the tubercle decurrent on its edges.—Low pine-barrens, Va. to Fla. 6.

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

Leaves decurrent at the folds, the lower lobe incurved and ventricose; underleaves usually present, entire or bifid.

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

P. 4-8 cm. soon expanded, white or grey, rugulose, glutinous; g. striately decurrent; s. 5-12 cm. base thickened, ring apical, striate, tumid; sp. 15-16 � 8-9.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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