decurrent
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin decurrens — de (“down”) + curro (“to run”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdecurrent (comparative more decurrent, superlative most decurrent)
- (botany) Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem.
- (mycology) Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down the stipe of the mushroom.
- In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is decurrent.
- (obsolete) running or extending downwards.
Translations
editpertaining to plant parts that extend downward
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References
edit- Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114
Latin
editVerb
editdēcurrent