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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Running through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc. not-comparable

Etymology

From Latin percurrens, present participle of percurrere (“to run or pass through”), from per (“through”) + currere (“to run”).

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