Decurrent

Word DECURRENT
Character 9
Hyphenation de cur rent
Pronunciations /dɪˈkʊɹənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Decurrent"

What do we mean by decurrent?

Having the leaf base extending down the stem below the insertion. adjective

In botany, extending downward beyond the place of insertion: as, a decurrent leaf (that is, a sessile leaf having its base extending downward along the stem). Also decurring.

Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem. adjective

Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem. adjective

Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down the stipe of the mushroom. adjective

Running or extending downwards. adjective

Pertaining to plant parts that extend downward, most often applied to leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem.

Pertaining to lamellae (the gills of a mushroom) that are broadly attached and extend down the stipe of the mushroom.

Running or extending downwards.

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The word "decurrent" in example sentences

The gills are adnato-decurrent, that is, partly attached and prolonged down the stem. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

+Tubes+ greenish-yellow, turning dark green, adnato-decurrent, that is, broadly attached to the stem and running down it, ⅛ inch long. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

CLITOPILUS Fr. In the rosy-spored agarics belonging to this genus the gills are decurrent, that is, extend for some distance down on the stem. ❋ George Francis Atkinson (1886)

a considerable distance, as in the so-called decurrent leaves, at other times the leaves are prolonged at their base into lobes, which are directed along the stem, and are united with it. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

They are "decurrent," or running along the stalk; a broad strip at the base of each leaf is attached to the stalk. ❋ Arthur Owens Cooke (N/A)

They may run down on the stem, and are then called decurrent. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

Pinnules lanceolate, strongly decurrent so that the pinnæ are merely pinnatifid. ❋ George Henry Tilton (N/A)

The gills seem full of watery juice, and they are more or less decurrent, _i.e. _, extend down the stem. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

Basal segments decurrent and forming a many-angled wing along the main rachis. ❋ George Henry Tilton (N/A)

+Gills+ free but reaching the stem, decurrent, in the form of lines, crowded, broader in front, white, rarely becoming yellow. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

They are produced on stems over 2ft. long and of a somewhat procumbent habit, angular and branched near the tops; the leaves are 3in. to 6in. long, lance-shaped, entire and decurrent, giving the stems a winged appearance. ❋ John Wood (N/A)

Gills that run down the stem are called decurrent. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

The lower pinnæ pinnately parted into three to five divisions, those of the fertile fronds oblong or linear-oblong; those of the sterile, obovate or ovate, crenulate, decurrent at the base. ❋ George Henry Tilton (N/A)

The gills are thick, with an obtuse edge, and are branched and decurrent. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

Salsola luteola, this is mixed with Peganum, Santalaceae, Senecionoides glaucescens, Umbelliferoid bicornigera, Composita, having the decurrent part of the leaves dislocated and hanging down. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

The toadstool is tawny yellow, and produces white spores; the gills are decurrent, and the stem bears a ring. ❋ Various (N/A)

_Mushrooms with Gills running down Stem more or less (decurrent). ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

Gills, free.adnate. decurrent.sinuous. serrated.distant. in folds. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

Fronds oblong-lanceolate, five to twelve inches long, twice pinnate, the pinnæ often pinnatifid or cut-toothed, ovate-lanceolate, decurrent on the winged rachis. ❋ George Henry Tilton (N/A)

+Gills+ decurrent, tense, and straight, repeatedly dividing by pairs from below upward (dichotomous) and crowded, often crisped at base, orange color. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

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