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excurrent

excurrent


ex·cur·rent    Audio Help   (ĭk-skûr'ənt, -skŭr'-)   

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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