decurrent
Americanadjective
adjective
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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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Hairy, branched, winged above by the decurrent leaves; the lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, tapering into a petiole, the upper narrower; corolla yellowish-white, rarely purplish.—Moist places; escaped from gardens.
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 Asa Gray
Differs from M. vitrea in decurrent tooth to gills. vitrea, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Stem fleshy, fibrous externally; gills adnate or decurrent.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Capsule globular, many-seeded.—Tall and usually woolly biennial herbs, with alternate leaves, those of the stem sessile or decurrent.
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 Asa Gray
P. 9-18 cm. umbil. tomentose, zoneless; g. decurrent, distant; s. solid, pubescent, 5-8 cm.; milk scanty, white; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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