excurrent

adjective

running out or forth.

Zoology. giving passage outward; affording exit: the excurrent canal of certain sponges.

Botany.

having the axis prolonged so as to form an undivided main stem or trunk, as the stem of the spruce.

projecting beyond the apex, as the midrib in certain leaves.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin excurrent- (stem of excurrēns) present participle of excurrere to run forth. See ex-¹, current

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excurrent (ɛkˈskʌrənt)

—*adj*
1.	zoology having an outward flow, as certain pores in sponges, ducts, etc
2.	botany
	a. (of veins) extending beyond the margin of the leaf
	b. having an undivided main stem or trunk, as the spruce and other conifers
3.	flowing or running in an outward direction

[C19: from Latin excurrere to run forth; see excursion]

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Excurrent is always a great word to know.

So is platyhelminthes. Does it mean: