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Excurrent

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ex⋅cur⋅rent

  [ik-skur-uhnt, -skuhr-]
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–adjective
1. running out or forth.
2. Zoology. giving passage outward; affording exit: the excurrent canal of certain sponges.
3. Botany.
a. having the axis prolonged so as to form an undivided main stem or trunk, as the stem of the spruce.
b. projecting beyond the apex, as the midrib in certain leaves.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L excurrent- (s. of excurrēns) prp. of excurrere to run forth. See ex- 1 , current
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ex·cur·rent   (ĭk-skûr'ənt, -skŭr'-)   


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adj.  

    1. Running or flowing in an outward direction.

    2. Marked by an outward flow of current.

    3. Having a single, undivided trunk with lateral branches, as in spruce trees.

    4. Extending beyond the apex of a leaf, as a midrib or vein.

  2. Botany

    1. Having a single, undivided trunk with lateral branches, as in spruce trees.

    2. Extending beyond the apex of a leaf, as a midrib or vein.


[Latin excurrēns, excurrent-, present participle of excurrere, to run out; see excursion.]
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