ex·cur·rent 
(ĭk-skûrənt)
(ĭk-skûrənt)adj.
1.
a. Running or flowing outward.
b. Marked by an outward flow of current.
2. Botany
a. Having a single, undivided trunk with lateral branches, as in spruce trees.
b. Extending beyond the apex of a leaf, as a midrib or vein.
[Latin excurrēns, excurrent-, present participle of excurrere, to run out; see EXCURSION.]
excurrentred spruce