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decurrent

/dih-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-/US // dɪˈkɜr ənt, -ˈkʌr- //UK // (dɪˈkʌrənt) //

下行,下延式,下行的,下延

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : extending down the stem below the place of insertion, as certain leaves.

Examples

  • The pinnules are from a line to two lines long, and are adnate to the secondary rachis by a more or less decurrent base.

  • Then he did not dodge around the bend and pursue the decurrent way he had been going.

  • Leaves succubous, dorsally decurrent, mostly rounded and entire; underleaves rooting at the base, usually deeply 2-cleft.

  • Leaves decurrent at the folds, the lower lobe incurved and ventricose; underleaves usually present, entire or bifid.

  • The gills are decurrent from base, crowded, linear, whitish then watery cinnamon.