excurrent: Meaning and Definition of
ex•cur•rent
Pronunciation: (ik-skûr'unt, -skur'-), [key]
— adj.
- running out or forth.
- giving passage outward; affording exit: the excurrent canal of certain sponges.
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- having the axis prolonged so as to form an undivided main stem or trunk, as the stem of the spruce.
- projecting beyond the apex, as the midrib in certain leaves.
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