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percurrent

[ per-kur-uhnt, -kuhr- ]
/ pərˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- /
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adjective Botany.

extending through the entire length, as a midrib through a leaf.

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Origin of percurrent

1570–80; <Latin percurrent- (stem of percurrēns), present participle of percurrere to run through. See per-, current

Words nearby percurrent

percolator, per contiguum, per continuum, per contra, per curiam, percurrent, percuss, percussion, percussion cap, percussion flaking, percussion instrument
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