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Decurrent

//dɪˈkʌɹənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of plant parts: extending downward, most often in the case of leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem.
  2. 2
    Of lamellae (the gills of a mushroom): broadly attached and extending down the stipe of the mushroom.

    "In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is decurrent."

  3. 3
    Running or extending downwards. obsolete

Etymology

From Latin decurrens — de (“down”) + curro (“to run”).

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