Excurrent

What do we mean by excurrent?

Running or flowing outward. adjective

Marked by an outward flow of current. adjective

Having a single, undivided trunk with lateral branches, as in spruce trees. adjective

Extending beyond the apex of a leaf, as a midrib or vein. adjective

Running out.

In botany: Projecting or running beyond the edge or point of anything, as when the midrib of a leaf projects beyond the apex.

Prolonged to the very summit: applied to the trunk of a tree which is undivided to the top, as in the spruce, in distinction from a deliquescent growth.

Giving passage outward; affording exit: as, an excurrent orifice.

Running or flowing out. adjective

Characterized by a current which flows outward. adjective

Of a vein or costa, extending beyond the tip or the margin of a leaf. adjective

Of a vein or costa, extending beyond the tip or the margin of a leaf.

Words that are spelled similarly to excurrent:
excurrent, current, recurrent, occurrent, incurrent, decurrent, exurgent, percurrent, uncurrent, excernent, y current.

Words that rhyme with excurrent:
x current.

Adjectives that are often used to describe excurrent:
costa, long, nerve, strong.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective excurrent:
canals, canal, opening, siphon, openings, ducts, siphons, system, costa, flow, form, water, air, aperture, habit, pore, branching, nerve, orifices, ostia, apertures, nostril, trunk, vein, trees, streams, stems, outlets, orifice, chimneys, channels, nostrils, stream, obstruction, growth, stem, duct, midrib.

Consonant match to excurrent:
x current.

Words that sound like excurrent:
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