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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

decurrens

-entis

, p. pr. of

decurrere

to run down;

de-

currere

to run: cf. F.

décurrent

(Bot.)

Extending downward; – said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.

–

De-cur′rent-ly

adv.

Adj.

[L. To run down; to run.] Extending downwards. A decurrent leaf is a sessile leaf having its base extending downwards along the stem.