Subdecurrent

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Attached to and running downward along a stem or stipe, but curving inward just before the attachment point.

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

Example

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

Etymology

From sub- + decurrent.

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