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
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.
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