excurrent
excurrent
Definition
ex·cur·rent (eks kʉr′ənt)
adjective
- running out or forth
- Bot.
- projecting beyond the tip, as the midrib of certain leaves
- having an undivided projecting main stem, as fir trees
- Zool. of ducts, tubes, or passages whose contents flow outward
Etymology: L excurrens, prp. of excurrere, to run out, project < ex-, out + currere, to run: see current
Browse dictionary entries near excurrent
- exculpate
- excruciating
- excruciate
- excretory
- excretion
- excrete
- excreta
- excrescent
- excrescency
- excrescence
- excursion
- excursionist
- excursive
- excursus
- excusable
- excusable neglect
- excusatory
- excuse
- excuse me
- excused
