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decurrent

[ dih-kur-uhnt, -kuhr- ]

adjective

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


decurrent

/ ɪˈʌəԳ /

adjective

  1. botany extending down the stem, esp (of a leaf) having the base of the blade extending down the stem as two wings
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܰԳٱ, adverb
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  • ·ܰ۱Գ ·ܰ۱· noun
  • ·ܰ۱Գ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of decurrent1

1745–55; < Latin ŧܰԳ- (stem of ŧܰŧԲ ) running down (present participle of ŧܰ, equivalent to ŧ- de- + currere to run); current
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of decurrent1

C15: from Latin ŧܰ to run down, from currere to run
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Example Sentences

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

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Stems brownish-green, rigid, tenacious; leaves remote, scarcely decurrent, obliquely elliptic-ovate, opaque, the cells round and strongly chlorophyllose; diœcious; the antheridial spike lateral below the keel of a leaf, long, linear, somewhat obtuse.

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Leaves large, incubous, complicate-bilobed; lower lobe ligulate, suberect; underleaves similar, decurrent at base, the apex entire.

From

P. pinnàta, L. Stems irregularly pinnate, fastigiate at the ends; leaves scarcely incubous, ovate-oblong, the rounded apex sometimes slightly decurved; lower lobe minute, flat, oblong, obtuse, as long but not half as wide as the flat, entire, ovate-rectangular, scarcely decurrent underleaves.

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Mostly fuscous-green, irregularly pinnate or subdichotomous; leaves more remote on the branches, obliquely round-ovate, the rounded summit slightly decurved, more or less denticulate; lower lobe decurrent, twisted, obliquely ovate, acute, with recurved undulate denticulate margin and a large acute tooth at base; underleaves twice as wide as the lower lobes, quadrate-oval, the undulate reflexed margin dentate, especially near the base.

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