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decurrent
 
SYLLABICATION:de·cur·rent
PRONUNCIATION:  d-kûrnt, -kr-
ADJECTIVE: Botany Having the leaf base extending down the stem below the insertion: decurrent leaves.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Latin dcurrns, dcurrent-, present participle of dcurrere, to run down : d-, de- + currere, to run; see kers- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:de·current·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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