decurrentadj.

/dɪˈkʌrənt/

Etymology: < Latin dēcurrent-em, present participle of dēcurrĕre to run down, < de- prefix 1a + currĕre to run.

†1. Running or flowing down. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > down

decurrent?a1475

defluent1652

defluous1727

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 225 An ymage of Venus..whiche was made so subtily that a man myȝhte see in that ymage as bloode decurrente.

2. Botany. Of leaves, etc.: Extending down the stem or axis below the point of insertion or attachment.

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Decurrent leaf.

a1794 W. Jones in Asiatick Researches (1795) 4 259 [Leaves] downy on both sides, mostly decurrent on the long hoary petiols.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 260 Verbascum Thapsus..leaves very decurrent..anthers of long stamens slightly decurrent.

Derivatives

deˈcurrently adv.

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1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 178 [Pinnate] decursivè, decurrently, when the leaflets are decurrent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	decurrent
释义	decurrentadj. /dɪˈkʌrənt/ Etymology: < Latin dēcurrent-em, present participle of dēcurrĕre to run down, < de- prefix 1a + currĕre to run. †1. Running or flowing down. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > down decurrent?a1475 defluent1652 defluous1727 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 225 An ymage of Venus..whiche was made so subtily that a man myȝhte see in that ymage as bloode decurrente. 2. Botany. Of leaves, etc.: Extending down the stem or axis below the point of insertion or attachment. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Decurrent leaf. a1794 W. Jones in Asiatick Researches (1795) 4 259 [Leaves] downy on both sides, mostly decurrent on the long hoary petiols. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 260 Verbascum Thapsus..leaves very decurrent..anthers of long stamens slightly decurrent. Derivatives deˈcurrently adv. ΚΠ 1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 178 [Pinnate] decursivè, decurrently, when the leaflets are decurrent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?a1475
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